Traveling through the 80s, I picked up an actor

Chapter 142 Disaster Relief

After Jiang Li learned to swim, Li Mubai officially returned to work. He had originally planned to take another week off, but a movie found him and Li Mubai felt that he couldn't refuse this movie.

Two days ago, a huge earthquake hit the mainland, causing heavy losses. In order to help mainland compatriots tide over the difficulties, the Hong Kong entertainment industry specially organized a charity film shoot, with all actors receiving no pay and all box office revenue donated to the disaster area.

Hearing their plan, Jiang Li was very moved and immediately volunteered to help. Although she couldn't act, she could help. I heard that the film planned to invite more than 200 actors to participate, so the logistics department should be quite tight on manpower. Jiang Li could still do some moving and preparing tea.

Li Mubai knew that this was more or less Jiang Li's intention, so he did not refuse, but asked Zhou Qian to follow her so that she would not be too tired.

Arriving at the set, Jiang Li once again felt the speed of Hong Kong. The script came out the night before, and she contacted the actors while writing it. The set was built yesterday morning, and filming started in the afternoon. It is said that the film is scheduled to be shot in four days, with one day left for post-production.

The atmosphere on the set was very tense. First, the earthquake in the mainland was really serious. Those who had watched the news were concerned about their compatriots and had heavy faces. Second, the shooting time was very tight, and it was very difficult to coordinate the personnel and make the plot smooth. But fortunately, everyone knew that in the face of a disaster, small gains and small benefits should not be too much, so everyone did not care too much about the roles and lines. No one complained, whether they were playing the role of a grocer or a nameless passerby.

As there were many people on the set, the resting space was also very limited. Everyone consciously sent away their assistants, brought their own small stool, took a thermos cup, and sat down obediently waiting for the director to call their number.

Jiang Li was moved to tears as she watched these Hong Kong filmmakers who looked gorgeous but were simple-minded. They made their mark during the booming period, they were the backbone during the heyday, and they stayed with the industry when the market was sluggish. They supported half of Hong Kong and even the Chinese entertainment industry. It is hard to imagine how Hong Kong films and even Chinese films would be eclipsed without these outstanding filmmakers. Without their strong publicity and support, how could we see the sincerity and determination of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in unity.

At this moment, they are not big stars or famous singers. At this moment, they are just ordinary Chinese people who care about their compatriots.

Zhou Qian and Jiang Li helped in the tea room almost without stopping. The weather was hot these days and there were many people on the set, so the fans were not enough. They could only keep cooking cooling soup and mung bean syrup to relieve everyone's dryness.

Li Xingmu and Li Mubai were the main actors this time, with many scenes to play, and they stayed on the set almost every day. Qin Sisi came to play a waiter, and only shot a few scenes of serving dishes, and then the filming was completed. After the filming was over, Qin Sisi spontaneously went to the logistics team to help Jiang Li, and she didn't have the airs of a big star at all.

The next day, when Jiang Li went to the set to deliver tea to the staff, she met Xue Lulu. The director assigned Xue Lulu the role of a beggar, and she was acting in a dirty costume at that time.

In the middle of summer, the beggar costumes were stinking. Jiang Li thought Xue Lulu would get mad, but she didn't complain at all. She filmed the scene of being kicked to the ground very well. Unfortunately, Jiang Li was in a hurry to go back to work, so she left before Xue Lulu finished the scene and had a few words with her.

On the last day of filming, Jiang Li met Zhu Li, who had just finished filming. Jiang Li went over to talk to her and found out that she was here to play the role of a sister-in-law. Zhu Li had helped her out before, and Jiang Li was grateful. Seeing that it was almost time to finish work, she said she wanted to treat her to a meal. Zhu Li politely declined, but she could not bear Jiang Li's hospitality and had to agree.

After saying hello to Li Mubai, Li Mubai arranged for Chen Luo to escort them to dinner. But as soon as they stepped out of the set, Jiang Li was attracted by a woman at the door. A middle-aged woman dressed like a peacock was standing at the door with a branded bag, staring at everyone coming out of the set.

The woman had bright red lipstick, short curly hair that was fashionable at the time, a floral dress, and wedge-heeled high heels. She looked like she was trying very hard to be fashionable, but she couldn't manage her body well and was fat and had no aesthetic appeal.

When she saw that person, Julie's expression changed instantly.

"How did you come?"

Seeing Julie, the woman smiled, turned forward and said: "If you don't come home, I can only come to find you. Mom misses you."

It turned out to be Julie's mother.

Jiang Li took a closer look and realized that the two had somewhat similar facial features, but Zhu Li was gorgeous and noble, while her mother was a little vulgar. If it weren't for her facial features, Jiang Li felt that her mother's dress and expression were quite like her stepmother's.

The woman smiled brightly and reached out her hand to touch Julie's head, but Julie turned her head away, looking a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong with letting mommy touch me? As you grow older, you become less and less affectionate to me."

Zhu Li's face was cold and she was obviously unhappy, but seeing Jiang Li beside her, she couldn't say much, so she turned around and said to Jiang Li: "Jiang Li, I'm afraid it's not convenient for me today, how about we make an appointment next time? I'm so sorry."

Jiang Li saw that Zhu Li's mother came to her house on purpose, probably because she had something to talk about, so she said, "It's okay. Anyway, I have your phone number now. If you want to make an appointment, I can call you anytime."

"Okay, let's make an appointment next time."

After that, the two said goodbye to each other.

Jiang Li went back to the set to find Li Mubai, but when she reached the end and looked back, she found that Zhu Li had inadvertently distanced herself from her mother. Zhu Li looked cold and her mother looked fawning.

I don’t know what happened between them, which made Julie look so wary and distant.

It seems that not all mothers and daughters have a deep and loving relationship. Some of them are probably even worse than strangers.

……

This movie was shot quickly and the editing was even faster. I heard that the editing started immediately at night after shooting during the day, so after the filming was completed, it only took half a day to adjust before it was released online.

With so many stars participating in the show, this movie shocked both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau as soon as it was released in theaters. Many people spontaneously bought tickets to support it, and the box office exceeded 1000 million in just a few days of its release.

However, this is all a story for another day.

After the filming was finished, Jiang Li finally had some time. She went into the room and took out all the hardware she had worn when she came to Hong Kong. On the day she arrived in Hong Kong, Jiang Li felt that the gold jewelry on her body was in the way, so she took it off and put it in the cabinet in the room. Now it was just there, so Jiang Li called Zhou Qian to help sell the gold bracelet.

Zhou Qian held the gold bracelet tremblingly, thinking that Jiang Li was in big trouble, and immediately turned around and reported it to Li Mubai.

Li Mubai was out promoting a movie at the time. When he came back in the evening and heard that Jiang Li wanted to sell a gold bracelet, he was very nervous. Later, he learned that she wanted to donate money to the mainland, and he finally felt at ease.

"You don't have to sell your jewelry. Didn't grandpa give you a card before? Just donate the money in the card."

Jiang Li shook her head firmly: "No, that's your grandfather's money, not mine."

"Every brick and tile is a token of love. No matter how much the donation is, it is a token of my heart. I still want to donate it myself."

Li Mubai couldn't persuade her, so he had to agree. However, Zhou Qian took the bracelet out and put it into Li Mubai's safe. Later, Li Mubai prepared a sum of money according to the market price of gold, and asked Zhou Qian to give it to Jiang Li, deceiving her that it was the money from selling the gold bracelet.

Jiang Li went to the bank in person to transfer the money according to the donation instructions. On the way back, she held the receipt with a smile on her face.

The thing that I have been worrying about for so many days is finally resolved.

Jiang Li rested at home for two days. On the third day, Li Mubai came back from the promotion with a big box in his hand.

He called Jiang Li over. Jiang Li thought he looked mysterious. She went over to open the box and found that it was a brand new set of gold jewelry. Although it was also a set of five pieces, the style was much more exquisite than the ones Jiang Li had before, like a gift from heaven.

Jiang Li was stunned by the exquisite patterns and hollow craftsmanship.

"This... is this still gold? This is a work of art!"

"But why did you buy me gold?"

Li Mubai smiled and took out a gold bracelet. While helping her put it on, he said, "If you want to buy it, just buy it!"

In fact, this set of jewelry was made by adding some gold to Jiang Li's previous gold jewelry. He just wanted to return it to the original owner in a different way.

His pears deserve more beautiful and better.

After helping Jiang Li put on the gold bracelet, Li Mubai smiled and said, "I didn't know you were a wealthy woman. You actually hid so many gold jewelry in the house."

Jiang Li looked at the gold bracelet on her hand that looked like a work of art and smiled, "I'm not very rich, just a little rich. I spent all my future dowry."

"Since you bought it, why don't you wear it?"

Jiang Li shook the heavy gold bracelet on her hand and felt that it seemed heavier than before, but she didn't know how much heavier. She weighed it and said, "I don't like to wear too many things. I bought these mainly to be prepared. I was afraid that I would travel to a messy place again and have no money, so..."

Li Mubai's expression became more serious after hearing this, and he said, "Your concerns are justified, so don't take this bracelet off in the future."

"Well...you can wear anklets too. Put on both anklets."

As Li Mubai was about to bend down to help Jiang Li put on the anklet, Jiang Li saw him lowering his head and immediately retracted her foot submissively.

Wearing a bracelet is fine, but Jiang Li always feels particularly embarrassed when wearing an anklet.

In the end, Jiang Li put on the two anklets herself. She felt that one anklet on each foot looked like handcuffs, so she simply wore both on the same foot as decoration.

"Would you like to wear the necklace?"

Jiang Li shook her head and took out the peace locket from her neck.

"I already have a peace locket around my neck. If I wear it again, people will think I'm smuggling gold."

Li Mubai laughed twice.

His Lili is not smuggling gold, maybe she is smuggling... love.

his love.