Chapter 322: Survival in the Cracks
After hearing this, Director Zhang felt relieved.

"Then it's up to you. Don't try to be stubborn!"

He repeated his warnings and then returned to the monitor:
"All departments, please pay attention. The wire work and photography teams, please be alert.

Relevant personnel, please take your positions. We will start in five minutes!"

The makeup artist was busy retouching Zhang Baizhi's makeup. Du Sheng looked at her and asked softly:

"nervous?"

"We've rehearsed so many times that we've become accustomed to it."

Zhang Baizhi smiled sweetly.

In fact, her assistant advised her not to be stubborn and to use a stand-in.

If she had changed her partner, she really wouldn't dare to take the risk.

But this time, with a man accompanying her, she was not afraid at all.

Moreover, if this kind of fighting footage gets out, other people will definitely refresh their views and perceptions of her.

"That's good."

Du Sheng nodded and promised:

"Come along in a moment, I'll make sure you're safe."

"Well, I know."

After finishing their makeup, Zhang Baizhi and Du Sheng walked into the bamboo forest.

"All departments prepare!"

Zhang Yimou stood behind the monitor, staring at the screen intently, and gave an order:
"Ation!"

Following the instructions, the script supervisor quickly stepped forward and hit the timing board.

Du Sheng held Zhang Baizhi's hand and ran as if fleeing, quickly heading towards the target area.

After arriving at the designated location, the wire work team triggered the crossbows in sequence according to the prior plan.

The giant crossbow made of a whole bamboo was suddenly tightened, and the thick bamboo arrows were shot out all at once.

The bamboo arrow was fixed to the wire rope with thin steel wire and pulled by a pulley system, rushing straight towards Du Sheng and Zhang Baizhi.

"careful!"

Du Sheng kept an eye on all directions and pushed Zhang Baizhi to one side as if there was danger all around.

He gave a light push, drew his sword with a clang, and leaped into the air.

A group of wire artists pulled the ropes at the right time, hanging Du Sheng steadily in the air, and assisted him in completing a series of aerial somersaults.

In front of the monitor, Zhang Yimou witnessed Du Sheng's cool tumble in the air and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Although he has few opportunities to work with action actors, he has only worked with martial arts stars such as Jet Li and Zhen Zidan before.

Jet Li, known as the Kung Fu Emperor, is truly extraordinary with his various martial arts performances that come alive.

But in terms of the authenticity and explosiveness of the movements, he always seems to be slightly inferior to Du Sheng.

There is no way, the person in front of me is a professional kung fu master.

Whoosh whoosh!
Bamboo arrows whizzed past Du Sheng one after another and penetrated deeply into the soil.

Before he hit the ground, another round of bamboo arrows came from another direction, heading straight for his landing point.

Seeing the thrilling scene, everyone around broke out in a cold sweat.

However, Du Sheng swung his knife in mid-air with a neat movement, swinging it with all his strength at the bamboo pole beside him.

The blade cut into the bamboo pole, and the resistance caused his sinking posture to suddenly pause, followed by a 180-degree flip in the air.

It was this moment of pause that allowed him to cleverly avoid the overwhelming bamboo arrow formation.

At the same time, he touched a bamboo pole with his toes and, with the help of the reaction force, jumped more than a foot higher again.

But this was a thrilling ambush!
In all directions of the bamboo forest, countless bamboo arrows emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, swooping down in oblique lines.

Almost all of Du Sheng’s escape routes were blocked.

Zhang Baizhi, who was watching from the side, became a little worried.

Because she knew very well that this was only the first wave of attack.

The overwhelming rain of arrows from the rear is the real test.

Whoosh whoosh!
Facing the endless bamboo arrows, Du Sheng saw no way to avoid them and his body's upward momentum had been exhausted.

At this moment, he kicked the bamboo pole that was piercing him hard, and using the rebound force generated by the kick, he accelerated his already falling body and barely avoided the first round of bamboo arrows that were shot at him obliquely.

Boom boom boom!
The bamboo arrow flew past Du Sheng and penetrated deeply into the soil below.

The tail of the arrow vibrates, which shows how great the impact force is.

Du Sheng hunched his chest and straightened his back, slashing diagonally with the knife in his hand, and at the same time using the rebound force to accelerate his descent, dodging several subsequent waves of arrows in succession.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Bamboo arrows pierced into the ground one after another, overturning large pieces of soil.

boom!
Du Sheng twisted his waist and swooped down, the withered yellow bamboo leaves around him were shaken and flew everywhere, and dust filled the air.

“Crack!”

Du Sheng somersaulted and jumped up.

At this time, Zhang Baizhi, who had been pushed away by Du Sheng and escaped the disaster, stood up with a trembling look on her face.

To her left, the sound of a bowstring being tightened was heard again.

At the critical moment, Du Sheng made up his mind, quickly got up from the ground, rushed towards Zhang Baizhi, held her in his arms, and rolled over to avoid the attack.

Boom boom boom!
A series of bamboo arrows followed closely behind, like a collapsing mudslide chasing after it.

Arrows rain down like rain, blocking out the sunlight!
Du Sheng swung his knife and slashed while holding Zhang Baizhi and dodging quickly, as if trying to survive in a crack.

The bamboo arrows almost grazed Du Sheng's neck and pierced deeply into the ground in front of them.

Whoosh whoosh!
Afterwards, an overwhelming number of bamboo arrows pierced the land around Du Sheng and Zhang Baizhi like a dense rainstorm.

It was as if an invisible cage was woven with bamboo arrows, trapping them inside.

“Crack! This one passed, great!”

Zhang Yimou stood up excitedly, his eyes flashing with irrepressible excitement.

He never thought that an action movie could be so thrilling and breathtaking.

"Wonderful! It's really wonderful, you are simply geniuses!"

In this scene, I can only say that Du Sheng and Zhang Baizhi worked so well together.

If there is any mistake, the injuries will be minor, but in serious cases, the body will be covered with bamboo arrows.

Du Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"This is all thanks to your strategic planning, Director Zhang, and everyone's hard work and collaboration."

Director Zhang was still excited and his enthusiasm was evident in his words:
"This is all thanks to your tacit understanding, otherwise how could the filming be so wonderful!"

Looking back at the filming of "Hero", the fighting scenes between Jet Li and Zhen Zidan were only possible thanks to their rich experience and coordination of details.

Although there were challenges, many of them were accomplished with the help of stunts and body doubles.

This time, the scene designed by Du Sheng involved Du Sheng and Zhang Baizhi, plus more than a dozen staff members from the wire team, and they had to be synchronized to the second.

Its complexity and danger level far exceed the former!
Those seemingly ordinary bamboo poles, even after being passivated, can have disastrous consequences if they accidentally hit a person when driven by the wire suspension system.

If you want to capture the thrilling moment when the bamboo arrow almost passes by, it would be impossible to achieve such a shocking effect without the near-perfect cooperation between the actors and the wire-suspended team.

“It’s even better than I expected. This ambush scene will definitely be the highlight of the whole film!”

Even at the end of the night, Zhang Yimou was still immersed in the excitement, talking endlessly about how to edit the film in post-production.

Although Du Sheng found it funny, one must admit that this is a dynamic director.

No wonder he was dubbed the "national master" by netizens a few years later.

While Du Sheng was busy filming, Ye Jingzhi, Zheng Zetao and Bi Shian were busy preparing for their highly anticipated "Kung Fu" program.

After several rounds of discussions and adjustments, YTV Channel 5 and Star Media finally finalized the program plan.

The core theme still revolves around the confrontation between Eastern and Western martial arts.

That is, Eastern warriors go through layers of fierce competition and selection, and finally compete with overseas masters.

Du Sheng, a leader in the martial arts world, will serve as the program's chief instructor, personally guiding the participating Eastern players to improve their practical skills and help them reach the finals in the ring.

In order to increase the appeal and topicality of the program, Wang Jinhua invited Mark Hunt, the third runner-up of the K1 GP Fighting Contest, to serve as the ultimate BOSS among overseas masters in the first season of "Kung Fu".

This move undoubtedly brought the show to a climax.

Having said that, Mark Hunt was able to win the third place thanks to Du Sheng's operation.

Because the two most popular players to reach the semi-finals, Giant God Bing and Just, were both eliminated, even the champion, runner-up and third place could not be gathered, so they could only select from the top eight.

In view of the preparations for "Kung Fu", Du Sheng discussed with Mark Hunt and suggested to the organizers that Mark should compete with another top eight contestant, and the winner would be promoted to third place.

The results are obvious.

Mark Hunt is worthy of being a strong man who has won the K1 GP championship and easily defeated his opponent.

To be honest, if there weren't a few abnormalities in this class, he would have the ability to make it to the finals.

The invitation of him to the "Kung Fu" program not only improved the professional level of the program, but also increased its viewing and entertainment value.

This has raised the level of "Kung Fu" and achieved perfection in all aspects.

Yangshi Channel 5 is making every effort to make this program a huge hit, becoming a dark horse among similar programs and setting a new benchmark for the industry.

After filming "House of Flying Daggers" in the mountain city for more than ten days, it moved to Hengdian to shoot some indoor scenes.

When the crew moved, Bi Shi'an finally waited until Du Sheng had two days of free time and took great pains to call him to a national team training boxing gym.

Du Sheng knew that the other party was following Director Bi's arrangements, so he didn't refuse.

Because after winning the K1 championship last time, he promised Director Bi that he would give special training to a few people.

They are Fang Yu, a former Sanda athlete from the national team, and Fang Yu, who is preparing to participate in the National Sanda Championship.

Zhou Zhipeng, who has loved martial arts since childhood, was specially recruited into the national boxing team and is preparing to participate in the "China-North Korea Military Boxing Contest".

Hong Chaozhong dropped out of school at the age of 17 to work in a mine to support his family, but his talent was noticed by a boxing gym and he was preparing to participate in the Asian Boxing Championships.

As a matter of course, these people will join the first season of "Kung Fu".

In fact, Director Bi was entrusted by the leader of the Sports Bureau to make this request.

Because the competitions these people are planning to participate in are all next year, or two months later at the earliest.

By then, various championships, Asian Games and Olympic Games will follow one after another.

Preparations for the Olympic-related competitions to be held in the country in 08 are also being made in full swing.

Athletes must work hard to achieve perfection in their skills.

Boxing newcomers such as Hong Chaozhong, Fang Wei and Zhou Zhipeng are naturally unwilling to fall behind.

Bi Shi'an was a member of the national boxing team and later became a fighting coach. He knows the importance of an excellent instructor to the growth of athletes.

Even though there is no shortage of coaching talent in the sports sector, there is still a clear gap compared with top international experts.

It is a luxury for the boxing team to just invite experienced coaches from overseas to provide training.

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(End of this chapter)