Chapter 442 Leeches
"what!!!"

Sun Li's terrified screams echoed throughout the set, and even the originally tranquil water in the terraced fields was stirred up by her shrill voice.

That's all HIGH-C.

Teacher Sun was a dancer.

Zhang Yuan has several people around him who have a dancing background.

Liu Qianqian, Liu Shishi, Chen Zihan...

Not to mention the physical advantages and temperament advantages brought by dancing.

These girls who started dancing in childhood all have one thing in common.

Can resist!

Because dancing is a very painful, boring, and often injury-prone career.

Sprains, abrasions and strains are all too common.

It is common to practice an action dozens or even hundreds of times.

The pain from stretching the muscles and legs is also unbearable.

Therefore, on the set, these actresses with a dance background are naturally more able to endure hardships than ordinary girls.

Several scenes were shot more than a dozen times, and they had already developed sufficient patience through daily dance training.

I got injured while filming a fight scene, and I have quite a few old injuries on my body, so I'm used to it.

Working intensively for more than ten hours a day, the intensity of rehearsals before performances is no less than this.

These women still have some strength and stubbornness in their bones.

But I saw leeches crawling all over my legs.

And it’s the local specialty, the golden-edged leech.

This leech is more than twice the size of the common field leech.

No girl, or even a boy, can stand it.

Leeches lay eggs from June to October, during which time they are particularly active, and we are right in the middle of this time.

"Quick, quick, help!"

The executive director, who was in charge of miscellaneous matters on the set, rushed forward upon seeing what was happening.

After Sun Li screamed a few times, her stubbornness made her suppress her voice and force it in her throat.

The executive director was also at a loss. He wanted to intervene but was hesitant to do anything.

Just like people in the north can easily step on cockroaches to death in their hometown, but will be confused when they see flying black cockroaches in the south.

The physical discomfort is hard to resist.

"Someone come and help pull it down!"

Although the executive director is mainly responsible for execution, he still has some power as the title of director.

At his command, several stage management guys squatted down very reluctantly and were about to take action.

Sun Li closed her eyes and clenched her teeth, as if she was about to be stabbed.

The fingers of those people were trembling and their hearts were shaking.

But just as they were about to touch each other, a sharp shout ruthlessly interrupted their actions.

"slow!"

Zhang Yuan pushed through the crowd and squeezed in.

"Tsk..."

Even he felt a pang in his heart when he saw the fat leeches on his legs.

This is an innate physiological discomfort that cannot be resisted.

"You can't pull out leeches forcefully!"

"If you pull it out hard, it will break the skin and bleed, and even leave scars."

When Sun Li heard that it would leave a scar, she clenched her teeth even more tightly.

Although I am not going for the sexy or idol style, I am still a young girl after all, and it would not look good to have a bunch of scars on my legs.

"Moreover, leeches may be stimulated by external forces and may even drill into the wound."

"If it gets into the skin, it will be even more troublesome!"

When Sun Li heard this, and then thought about these golden and black mollusks drilling into her legs, her whole body shuddered.

If he hadn't been gritting his teeth, he would have shouted out loud again.

"What should we do then?" Director Yuen Woo-ping was also anxious.

What he was worried about was not Sun Li's physical condition.

But if Sun Li’s problem is not solved, the crew will be stuck here.

However, Li Lianjie signed an hourly contract, so he didn't care if there were any accidents or time wasted during filming, and he would still go off work on time.

"Use salt to stimulate the leeches, and they will fall off by themselves when they encounter the salt."

Zhang Yuan frowned.

"Salt, salt, find salt quickly!" the director shouted.

But this is a film set, not meal time, and there are no ordinary families within a kilometer radius, so where would we get the salt?

If you want to find salt, you have to run a long way to find a grocery store.

"Why don't we send him to the hospital?" The assistant director came up with a bad idea.

Yu Rentai rolled his eyes at him.

Should I go to the hospital for this minor problem?
How could an actor be sent to the hospital for such a minor injury? Even if our film and television industry has fallen into depravity, it would not be to this extent.

People’s thinking is limited by the times. For example, today’s directors would never think that young actors in the future would call an ambulance when their fingers were cut.

The key is what Yu Rentai thought.

This scene still needs to be filmed, and people still need to go to the terraced fields.

how?

Do you send me to the hospital every time I take a shot?

People were running around in circles, but they couldn't find any salt for five or six minutes.

Zhang Yuan saw that they were in chaos and had no clue what to do.

I thought that the big crew was indeed made up of a motley crowd.

Although they look powerful, they are essentially just a high-end makeshift team.

After turning around and taking a few glances, he picked up something from the corner next to a folding chair in the rest area, and then quickly ran to Sun Li's side.

"Don't move." Zhang Yuan squatted down and whispered to the other party.

"What are you going to do!" Sun Li glanced at what he held in his hand, her expression tightened, and she shrank back.

She saw Zhang Yuan holding a mineral water bottle that was cut in half, and judging by the shape, it should be Wahaha.

But the brand doesn't matter.

The important thing is that there is water in the bottle.

The water inside was burnt yellow and black, and emitted an unpleasant odor.

Moreover, there were a lot of wrinkled and charred cigarette butts floating in the water.

This is the little trick used by the old smokers in the crew to put out their cigarette butts.

After all, we can't throw cigarette butts around.

Not only does it damage the environment, it is also easy to be exposed.

When the wind blew, the cigarette butt rolled everywhere. When it rolled in front of the camera, the director found it and scolded him.

"What else can I do? Pour it on your legs." Zhang Yuan raised the bottle and replied.

"Such a dirty thing..." Sun Li widened her eyes in horror.

"Not only is it dirty, it's also stimulating." Zhang Yuan put his hand on the other person's shoulder: "But leeches are afraid of stimulation."

"You believe me, and you have no better choice now."

Sun Li was stunned for a second or two, thinking that although she had not known Zhang Yuan for a long time.

But in terms of intelligence and ability, he is already the strongest among his peers she has ever met.

When he saw the other person's determined eyes again, he nodded vigorously and believed what he said.

Zhang Yuan saw the other person's eye contact and agreed, then he carefully poured the dark yellow cigarette water with a strange smell slowly onto the part of her calf where the leech was lying.

The liquid slipped out of the bottle and splashed onto the fat, soft worms.

After just a few seconds, the leeches began to tremble and twist their bodies as if they had cramps. After swinging several times in a row, they loosened their mouths weakly.

Bata, bah...

Immediately, there was a slight sound of an object falling on the mud.

Sun Li, who had turned her head away just now, opened her eyes and looked.

The bugs that made her feel sick and scared had all fallen off, leaving only a few tiny bright red wounds on her white calves.

Zhang Yuan raised an eyebrow at her.

What do you think? You still have to listen to me.

[Received thanks from Sun Li, acting skills +1, dance basics +1! ]

"Wow, that's amazing!"

"That's all right!"

"Alright hey!"

The staff nearby were amazed when they saw it.

"I think it's not a bad thing for us to smoke!" A cameraman quickly took out a cigarette box and distributed it to everyone.

"That's right, you have to smoke more."

"I think based on this, the crew should reimburse us for cigarettes. It's all for work."

Several old smokers immediately started to talk.

People who smoke and drink are all the same, they can attribute anything to their hobbies.

A few years ago during the SARS epidemic, there was a group of people who said that smokers were less likely to be infected because their lungs were used to it and had resistance.

Some people also say that to prevent infection, you have to drink alcohol, and it has to be strong alcohol, because alcohol can kill bacteria...

Anyway, these people will do anything to smoke and drink, and they can find any excuse.

Zhang Yuan reached out and pulled Sun Li up from the ground.

"Thank you very much..." Teacher Sun covered his chest with his hands, still feeling frightened.

"Scared me."

Teacher Sun was born into a working-class family in Shanghai and grew up in the city. He had never seen anything like this.

"It's finally resolved. I never want to experience that feeling again."

Sun Li said thankfully.

"It's okay, you have to go downstairs soon." Zhang Yuan reminded with a smile.

Sun Li: !!!
Nonsense, the play has to be filmed, and of course we have to go to the paddy fields.

Not only she had to go down, but Li Lianjie also had to go down, and the other actors who were acting with her couldn't escape either.

However, she was the only female actor in the water, so the director came up to comfort her.

But the show still has to be filmed.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Yuan whispered a few words to his assistant Zhao Xinxin, who then ran away.

After a while, the assistant returned to the set panting with some things.

At this moment, Sun Li is preparing herself mentally.

"I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid."

"It's just a bug." "It's okay."

Zhang Yuan thought it was funny.

I thought that women are women, and they are indeed more timid.

Then he turned around and saw Li Lianjie, who was also going to go into the water to film in a while, also muttering with his eyes closed.

"I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid...it's just a bug..."

Zhang Yuan: …

No!

You are an international kung fu superstar!

Oh, no matter how good your kung fu is, you’d still be afraid of a kitchen knife, right?

Zhang Yuan was speechless for a while and came to Sun Li's side.

"Don't panic."

When Sun Li saw him coming forward, she put on a smile.

"Thanks to you just now, but I still have some psychological trauma now."

"You have to think about it this way." Zhang Yuan gave her an idea.

"The crew just let you stand in the water, which was barely up to your knees."

"The bugs can only crawl on your legs."

"It's better than soaking you in water."

When Sun Li imagined herself soaking in water with leeches hanging all over her body, she shuddered all over.

If there are tricky leeches going to more private places...

Sun Li looked at Zhang Yuan: "You are really good at comforting people."

"You're welcome."

Sun Li: ...

"It's just a joke." Zhang Yuan scratched his head, then took a long roll of object from his assistant.

"Hey, I've got something good for you."

Sun Li was stunned and found that the other party gave her a roll of... plastic wrap.

"Wrap your legs."

Sun Li was still in a daze, wondering why you gave me this thing.

As soon as she heard Zhang Yuan's words, she immediately understood.

His eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth turned up.

"Oh!"

[Received thanks from Sun Li, dance skills +1! ]

She smiled and secretly made an OK gesture to Zhang Yuan, then ran to the corner and wrapped herself in several layers of clothing.

When filming started again, Sun Li confidently jumped into the water.

This way there is no psychological burden.

"Brother Zhang Yuan, you are really smart." Zhao Xinxin praised his boss: "You came up with such a good idea."

"It's just a small trick, not worth mentioning."

Zhang Yuan was feeling proud of himself when he heard director Yuen Woo-ping yelling.

"Sun Li, what is that on your leg!"

After all, plastic wrap is a plastic product.

After wrapping it around the body, it is not obvious to the naked eye, but in the camera, Sun Li's calves are reflecting light, which is very strange.

It wasn't long before the director discovered it.

"I……"

"Come here!" The director called her to his side and bent down to take a look at her.

"plastic wrap?"

"Who taught you to do this?"

"We are filming a movie, do you think we are just playing house?"

Sun Li shrank her neck when she was scolded.

He glanced in Zhang Yuan's direction, then lowered his head.

"I thought of it myself. Sorry, director."

Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. This guy was quite sensible and didn't give him away.

"Tear it up quickly, don't affect the filming."

At this moment, Li Lianjie also crawled out of the water, with a worm stuck on his calf.

His assistant quickly tore a hole in the prepared salt bag and sprinkled some salt on the leeches, and the leeches fell immediately.

"Alas, young people are timid and cannot endure hardship."

"People like us back then had to grit our teeth and carry on no matter how hard or tiring it was."

"Just bear with it, it's not a big deal."

Zhang Yuan listened to Lao Li's typical middle-aged male speech and thought to himself, you are showing off now.

Who was saying "Don't be afraid" just now?

Sun Li had no choice but to tear off the plastic wrap and bravely return to the paddy field again.

There are several scenes of planting rice on terraced fields, and it would take more than one day to shoot them all.

After working until the evening, having sprinkled countless salts on her legs and had countless leeches dropped off, Sun Li came to the rest area with a tired face.

She saw Zhang Yuan was nearby and was on the phone, so she walked over and waited.

"well."

"Have you booked your flight tickets?"

"I see."

"Who else is going with you?"

"Oh, Yuanyuan, Qin Hao, right? I understand."

"Then see you in Cannes in a few days."

Putting down his phone, Zhang Yuan turned around and saw Sun Li, who was smiling tiredly.

“You’re going to Cannes?”

"Yes, a film I shot before was entered into the competition, and I'm going to walk the red carpet." Zhang Yuan joked.

There was envy in Sun Li's eyes.

That's Cannes, and there's no actor who doesn't want to go there.

Being able to go is already amazing regardless of whether you win the prize or not.

He was quite modest, saying that he was just there to get on the red carpet...

"Congratulations."

"polite."

"I'll treat you to dinner tonight. I relied on your help just now."

"I didn't help you, and the director scolded you."

"That happened later. You helped me before that." Sun Li had been very polite to him before, almost too polite.

"Then I have to thank you for not giving me away."

"Haha, how can that be possible? That's too rude."

The two smiled at each other, with a tacit feeling of "sharing the spoils together", as if they had done something bad together.

Therefore, they became obviously closer.

"Okay, the mushroom chicken soup yesterday was pretty good."

"I heard there's also mushroom hotpot."

"Okay, then eat this."

The two of them walked and chatted and went to eat.

evening.

The contract signed by Li Lianjie included a night scene section, so he did not return to the hotel today.

Zhang Yuan, he, and Yuan Hepin got together to discuss how to shoot the fight scene.

"Huo Yuanjia's most famous kung fu is the Mi Zong Quan, and the Huo family is also good at the secret Ba Ji Quan." said Lao Li.

Mizongquan, also known as Mizongquan, is a practical martial art.

There are not only boxing techniques, but also sword techniques, horse fighting techniques, etc.

"I use the Baji and Tongbi routines, which are more powerful and look good when filmed," said Li Lianjie.

"If you want, you can use Yunnan's local internal style Xiangxing Quan, which is more in line with local characteristics."

"And you know Eagle Claw. There are Eagle Fist, Dragon Spring, Fire Dragon Claw and other skills in Xiangxing Fist. They have something in common."

"This way, you can combine your own characteristics with the needs of the plot."

Li Lianjie saw that he had good kung fu skills during the day and liked him very much, so he took special care of him and designed a fighting routine that was convenient for him to demonstrate.

"Okay, let's practice some moves first?"

"Hey, no need. We are all experts. Why do we need to use any tricks?" Li Lianjie waved his hand.

"Just give a rough demonstration."

"Then just play freely."

Yuan Hepin was listening nearby.

He glanced at Zhang Yuan.

"JET actually agreed to come directly with him and improvise."

"That means you recognize the other person's ability."

"At least I think his level is not bad, otherwise I wouldn't be so decisive."

Just like Wu Jing.

Whether it's Donnie Yen or Sammo Hung, when filming fight scenes with them, they just do it directly without using any set moves.

It is because everyone knows that Wu Jing is highly skilled and can improvise.

Ordinary people can't come here.

That's why Mr. Ba knew that Li Lianjie did this because he recognized his strength.

Otherwise, I'm not afraid of hurting you, I'm afraid of hurting myself.

After making good preparations, the two rehearsed a little and then started their performance in front of the camera.

Zhang Yuan raised his fist and used a move similar to an eagle claw, combined with some Shaolin boxing moves, and suddenly rushed over to Lao Li.

Boom!
After a muffled sound.

Li Lianjie fell backwards straight away.

There was only a plop and he fell to the ground.

Zhang Yuan: …

director:……

Film crew: …

(End of this chapter)