Early the next morning, Zhang Yuan arrived at the shooting site refreshed.
"Wasn't that a bit unkind yesterday?"
"He left without even saying hello to anyone."
"But I can't wake him up no matter how hard I try. I have to catch a plane. You can't blame me..."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. Anyway, we've finished filming Kung Fu and the press conference is over. I guess we won't be able to see each other again in the future."
"If we really meet again... let's talk about it later."
Huang Shengyi's personality is really not the type he likes. He is the type with average ability and likes to act up.
It fits most people's stereotype of the only child in Shanghai.
"Zhang Yuan, how was your day yesterday?" Zhao Jian also came to the set at this time, holding two buns and eating while greeting him.
"It's good. I even got a guest role."
"Ah?" Zhao Jian was stunned: "Aren't you going to the press conference?"
"Why did you accept the role?"
Zhang Yuan told him the general situation, and Zhao Jian pursed his lips and nodded vigorously.
OK!
Being able to have a rival scene with Li Lianjie is worth it, not to mention free!
Lao Li is the number one in the Chinese Kung Fu world. Jackie Chan is also the number one, but he is the number one in action movies, not the number one in Kung Fu.
Li Lianjie’s title of Kung Fu Emperor is not for nothing!
Moreover, Zhao Jianxin said that this kid had a clear mind, and it would be best not to take money for such a thing.
First of all, the human relationship is more appropriate.
Secondly, taking the money would actually be tantamount to lowering one's own status.
If other kung fu movies offer you a few gifts in the future and ask you to go, will you go?
If you think the money is too little, then why did you accept it at that price before?
This is not an easy thing to say.
And most of the time, favors in the entertainment industry are more valuable than money!
"By the way, how is your physical recovery?" Zhao Jian asked again.
Zhang Yuan thought about yesterday’s “battle”.
"It's almost recovered."
But after so much time, Miss Huang's physical strength seems to have not improved at all.
"That's good. It's been a hard day today. It's a big show."
"I'm not afraid of fighting scenes."
"It's not a fight scene, it's a big show!"
It can be said that what we are going to shoot today is the biggest scene in the whole film.
Battle of Xiangyang City!
According to Zhao Jian, the special effects team and the action team started preparing three days in advance.
The bearded man actually built the actual city gate and suspension bridge.
Not only did hundreds of people have to rush out of the suspension bridge together, but there were also sixty or seventy explosion points set up on the land outside the city!
The actors rushed forward while explosions occurred on both sides!
And this charge was not people running, but riding horses forward!
Hundreds of horses galloping together, the exploding soil flying around, the sky dark and pitch black, this is the effect the crew wanted.
Looking at domestic TV dramas, the only one who dares to shoot like this and spend so much money is Big Beard.
Because they have to bomb and charge at the same time, those horses are not ordinary horses, they are trained horses for film and television use.
Otherwise, when the explosion goes off, hundreds of horses will be startled at the same time, and not only will the scene not be filmed, but people may also die!
Because of this, something went wrong before the scene even started filming.
"I dont go……"
"I have a headache."
“My legs hurt!”
"I sprained my waist."
On the Coaster minibus used by the crew for rest, more than a dozen main actors pretended to be dead in unison.
Director Ju Jueliang looked at these people helplessly.
"If you're not feeling well, how can you shoot the show?"
Fatty Ju is also an old hand, how could he not understand?
The crew of Big Beard is tired, hard-working, and prone to injuries, but no one is injured and unable to film.
It's because they think this scene is dangerous and stressful, so they all want to hide away.
It's easy to persuade one or two people, but if a group of actors are like this, Fatty Ju is a newcomer and has little friendship with these people, so it's really hard to deal with him.
"Director, if this doesn't work, find a substitute."
"Yes, yes, just use a stand-in. You can't see the face clearly in the big scene anyway."
"A substitute is good. We are not good at riding horses to begin with, so a substitute will work better."
Humph... Fatty Ju sighed heavily.
Yang Mi, who played Guo Xiang, was also present. She moved her eyes back and forth but said nothing.
She didn't want to film such a dangerous scene, but she knew she had no right to speak, so she just lay aside and followed the crowd.
"Why are you all like this?"
At this moment, Chen Zihan, who was straightforward, generous and professional, stood up with his hands on his hips and spoke loudly.
"what does it mean?"
"As a woman, I don't feel tired or afraid."
"You grown men are hiding!"
You know what, although Chen Zihan is called the "eternal runner-up" because of his appearance.
She had a rather flamboyant look and couldn't play the leading female role in those days.
Generally, the roles she gets are scheming female villains, or slutty and coquettish second female roles.
There is no way, the market demand conflicts with her own temperament.
Even though her looks and figure are better than the leading actress in many cases, she just can't play the leading female role. I guess this is her fate.
But she has never given up on herself or lowered her standards for herself just because she couldn't play the leading female role.
On the set, although she was not good at fighting and action scenes, she basically did them all by herself.
Like Liu Xixi, he also had many wounds on his arms and palms, but he never took them seriously.
It makes sense that he is still able to film movies after more than 20 years of debut.
"Director, no matter what they do, I will do it myself!" Chen Zihan glanced at the people present and said disdainfully.
"Okay, Guo Fu is indeed Guo Fu, she has personality." Fatty Ju deliberately praised.
But those people were still pretending to be dead and ignored him completely.
"Forget it, let's get ready first... Hey, where's Zhang Yuan?" Fatty Ju shook his head helplessly and asked puzzledly.
Why is the male lead so rarely seen?
"Isn't he hiding too?"
At this moment, a figure smelling of horse manure jumped up from the door of Coaster.
Of course, to Liu Xixi's nose, this smell is called the smell of nature.
"Director, are you still afraid of filming?"
The person who came was Zhang Yuan.
"where have you been?"
"I have been waiting for a long time on horseback with Xiao Longnu."
"Aren't we going to shoot the charge scene?"
Oh!
Fatty Ju understood in his heart that our leading male role had already made preparations.
Then he said deliberately.
"Why, you are the male lead, do you have to shoot this kind of scene yourself, without a body double?"
Hey?
Zhang Yuan was stunned, wondering why the fat guy was so weird today.
After taking a look at the scene and making a rough estimate, I had an idea in my mind.
“Shouldn’t actors just act themselves?”
"If you use a stand-in, then you shouldn't be paid an actor's salary, you should be paid a stand-in's salary."
"Isn't acting in person the basis of work? What's there to discuss?"
Fatty Ju winked at him desperately.
Good job!
So spirited!
It didn’t bring shame to our crew!
[Received thanks from Ju Jueliang, Director Basics +1! ]
"Our male protagonist is still the best." Chen Zihan looked at him and smiled charmingly.
"Teacher Wang Luoyong and Teacher Kong Lin are both ready."
"In this way, Yang Guo, Xiaolongnu, Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and Guo Fu will all go up in person." Fatty Ju said loudly.
"Haha, you guys decide."
After saying that, Ju Jueliang pulled Zhang Yuan out of the car.
Chen Zihan glared, twisted her graceful waist, and jumped out of the car.
Yang Mi, who was observing back and forth, rolled his eyes again, then quickly stood up and ran down.
This girl is so cunning, she will help whoever wins.
Everyone in the car looked at each other, then gritted their teeth and got off the car.
Ju Jueliang is okay, after all, he is new here.
Zhang Yuan can be considered the local boss of this crew.
He did it himself, but we didn’t... Yu Min was already taken away by him, so can he just move his fingers to take us away?
"Be careful later."
Not long after, in front of the set, Zhang Yuan said to Xiao Long Nu beside him.
Liu Xixi changed into a new costume today. Although she was still wearing white clothes inside, she added a hooded cape on the outside.
There is a circle of fur hanging on the edge of the hood, which looks very cute.
"Horse hooves don't have eyes. There are explosion points around. You must not run around."
"Got it!" Liu Qianqian replied softly, looking serious, which was rare on her face.
Zhang Yuan wanted her to use a stand-in, but he knew this stubborn girl wouldn't listen.
"Take a close-up shot first." Ju Jueliang arranged.
Zhang Yuan stood in the middle, with Liu Qianqian and Yang Mi standing on his left and right respectively.
At this time, after Yang Guo killed King Jinlun and rescued Guo Xiang, the Little East Evil met Xiaolongnu for the first time.
The three of them spoke their lines and took several takes before they got through the scene. When they came to the monitor to watch the replay, Yang Mi's face darkened as soon as it was played.
why?
As I said just now, in front of the camera, she and Liu Qianqian were facing each other, both showing their side faces.
Compared with Liu Xixi's side profile, this one is so impure.
Her face is smaller than hers, her nose is straighter than hers, her cheeks are sharper than hers, her forehead is fuller than hers... and most importantly, her hairline is one inch lower than hers!
In addition to appearance, Yang Mi even found that the posture of her neck and back was not as good as the other person.
There is indeed a difference between those who have practiced dancing and those who have not.
In addition, Yang Mi's chest is under a heavy burden, so her entire upper body is pulled forward, which is a common phenomenon among girls with big breasts.
Liu Xixi doesn’t have this worry...or perhaps, this kind of no worries is another kind of worry.
“Everyone has their own strengths. Discover your own strengths.”
At this moment, the worried Yang Mi suddenly heard a long male voice.
She looked up and saw Zhang Yuan glancing at her and speaking softly.
He saw what I was thinking... Yang Mi forced a smile and gave it back to the other person.
[Received thanks from Yang Mi, chest muscle development +1! ]
Seeing him comforting the other person, Liu Qianqian touched his arm and gave him a sweet smile.
"Everyone get ready!"
Soon, hundreds of horses were lined up in an orderly manner.
The special effects team was also ready, nervously waiting for the director's order in front of the equipment equipped with the explosion point switch.
In addition to the horses, there were several hundred extras in Mongolian military uniforms about two hundred meters away, who were about to launch a charge at the same time.
"go!"
boom!
The horses rushed out like arrows!
Zhang Yuan took the lead, and behind him were many main actors and extras played by equestrians.
For a moment, mud was flying in front of the camera, and the black sludge was picked up and sprinkled on the people on horseback, and many people took a lot of it into their mouths.
Boom!
Along with the charge, explosions sounded all around, and countless columns of water and mud shot up into the sky.
Although Zhang Yuan had seen a lot of things in the world, he was still startled by the explosion.
My head was buzzing, but I had to hold on and keep moving forward according to the drill.
After a circle, when everyone returned to their seats, Chen Zihan covered her face and supported Zhao Hongfei, who played her husband Yelu Qi, and staggered to the director team.
"Medic, help me!"
When the explosion just now occurred, a small stone hit the side of Chen Zihan's head.
There is a lump in my hair.
"Can we continue?"
"It's okay, I can hold on." Chen Zihan nodded firmly.
This is a professional actor.
"Tsk!" A supporting actor nearby suddenly chuckled.
Just now you said that we were incompetent and refused to do it ourselves.
Look, you went up there and got hurt.
Zhang Yuan turned around and looked at everyone.
"Who laughed just now!" he asked sternly.
He is usually good-tempered, but when faced with this kind of attitude of looking down on others while thinking that he is bad himself, he gets angry.
Besides, Chen Zihan is already injured, how dare you make sarcastic remarks?
For a moment, the actors were silent.
Everyone has seen this guy, there are more than a dozen of them, but no one dares to comb his hair.
"Okay, I'm fine." Chen Zihan pulled his sleeve, knowing that Zhang Yuan was venting his anger for her.
"You're popular, unlike me who's straightforward. Don't offend anyone because of me."
[Received thanks from Chen Zihan, acting skills +1! ]
"I see..." Zhang Yuan sighed, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Hongfei: "What's wrong with your hand?"
I saw a black and red area on the outside of this person's palm, and it was obvious that a piece of flesh had fallen off.
"It's a small matter, it's okay." Zhao Hongfei clapped his hands and replied with a smile.
Zhang Yuan glanced at the rest of the people again, and they didn't dare to look up.
Ju Jueliang said to himself, what does it mean that people are divided into groups?
This group of professionals gathered together, they are capable, have good attitudes and are all young.
As expected, the strong man Zhang Yuan is surrounded by strong men too!
This circus was performed more than ten times before it was completed.
Riding a horse is different from riding a bike, it is very bumpy.
Although riding a horse is called riding, your buttocks should not sit directly on the saddle, especially when the horse starts running.
You can sit down if you want. Just come a few more times and you will be able to get the Sunflower Manual when you go home.
So this job is very tiring.
Even Zhang Yuan was out of breath, which showed why those guys were pretending to be dead.
"Okay, Zhang Yuan, you keep riding. Guo Xiang, Guo Fu, you and the other extras, run forward. Don't look back. Do you understand?"
What will be filmed now is the mid-battle scene, where Yang Guo comes to the rescue and the Guo sisters reunite.
Zhang Yuan came galloping on horseback from the side.
Chen Zihan and Yang Mi had to act like they were being chased by the Mongolian army.
"Come...ACTION!"
With a crash, Chen Zihan and Yang Mi started running forward!
Behind them were hundreds of extras acting as Mongolian soldiers.
Filming is different from catching people in real life.
There was a track on the side for the camera to use, so we had to follow the running crowd and shoot.
At the same time, in order to guide the actors' movements, a pole with a bright red flag hanging on it was extended from the camera track car.
Wherever the flag goes, people go.
It's about the same as an old man riding a donkey and hanging a carrot.
So even though the extras were acting out a scene of catching someone, no one looked at Yang Mi and Chen Zihan. They all stared at the flag and ran forward on their own.
The ground is covered with black mud.
It had just been trampled back and forth by hundreds of horses for more than ten times, and a lot of mud from the explosion points on both sides had splashed everywhere, so the ground was actually very uneven.
It is easy to sprain your ankle if the ground is uneven.
"Ouch!"
Yang Mi's body is originally heavy in the front and light in the back, and there are always two small watermelons swinging in front of him, so his balance is not good.
At this moment, he stepped into a pit, his ankle immediately went weak, and he fell into the black mud.
As I said before, the extras chasing the people didn't look at the two people, they were all looking at the flag of the commander.
They had no idea that the actor in front of them had fallen and continued running forward.
After falling down, Yang Mi turned around and looked behind him, and his heart immediately sank.
Dozens of old men were rushing towards him with their heads raised.
Once he falls to the ground and is stepped on by dozens of people, he will naturally be in great danger.
When Yang Mi saw dozens of pairs of big feet coming towards him, a revolving lantern appeared in front of him.
The first thing that came to her mind was her parents, whom she hadn't seen for several months.
Would they cry if they were trampled to death?
I'm not a big star yet.
I haven't been in love yet.
I haven’t been admitted to Beijing Film Academy yet.
I haven't earned enough money to buy a house or a car.
I have not……
At this moment, her brain was working rapidly and her heart was beating wildly, but her sore ankles prevented her from getting up.
Guo Degang Guo Degang Guo Degang Guo Degang...
At this moment, there was a crisp sound of horse hooves.
Yang Mi was still thinking about how many unfinished things he had when he felt his chest tighten and then he flew into the air.
"Cut!" Zhao Jian shouted frantically, stopping everyone.
Oh...be humble!
At the other end, a tall horse also raised its hooves and stopped after the reins were pulled, creating a beautiful picture of a horse stepping on the red sun.
In addition to a handsome young man with silver and black hair, there was also a young girl in red lying on the horse's back.
"Are you okay?" Zhao Jian ran up quickly.
When Zhang Yuan saw Yang Mi fall just now, he knew that if she was trampled, losing her life would be the least of her worries. But if her breasts were stepped on, wouldn't her only advantage at this stage be gone?
He quickly turned his horse around and flew forward.
Holding the reins with one hand, he turned sideways and picked Yang Mi up from the ground!
But there is one thing.
The situation was urgent and he had no time to pay attention to the position where he was catching people.
Everyone knows Yang Mi's most prominent position.
Zhang Yuan was afraid of losing his grip on her, so he used some Eagle Claw skills when he grabbed her.
He felt as if he had grasped something, and then with a strong force, he pulled the person on the ground onto the horse's back.
He stopped his horse, thinking that his action just now was not bad and he even saved someone. With a happy look on his face, he put one leg behind his back and dismounted with a handsome move.
Anyone who has ridden a bicycle knows the movement of dismounting with a big swing of the legs.
But Zhang Yuan forgot that Yang Mi was behind him...
She was thrown away with a whip kick!
"I rely on!"
Zhang Yuan quickly dismounted and came to this person.
After about five minutes, Yang Micai opened his eyes.
Now she feels sore all over her back, pain in the back of her head, and wants to vomit.
In addition, my right breast was swollen and painful, and it seemed to be larger than the other side and swollen.
Is Zhang Yuan still wondering at this moment?
"Why doesn't this little girl give me any gratitude points?"
And what Yang Mi was thinking was.
It seems that being trampled to death would be more satisfying... (End of this chapter)