"I understand, director, I will practice first, but you are also busy here, otherwise you can arrange a martial arts teacher for me. Then I can ask if I don't understand something, and I will give you after I have finished practicing. You demonstrate.”
"It's okay, you can just come to me directly. Although you don't have as many scenes as the three protagonists, your action scenes are very important, and I have to supervise them personally."
"Okay, if there is anything you don't understand in the future, please ask Master Cheng for guidance."
"It's easy to say, as long as you don't come to me after two days of training and complain. I can't stand that kind of people. They feel tired after making this money. If you feel tired, you can do something else and don't hang around in front of my eyes."
Cheng Chun spoke very bluntly and was not polite, but Gu Yi just heard responsibility from the other person's mouth.
So in the next two days, Gu Yi first copied out his lines by hand.
When practicing the movements, do them in conjunction with the lines.
When the crew was taking a break, Gu Yi went to practice the literary and opera parts alone.
Go back and learn something else in the evening.
Since Gu Yi's character is a bit bohemian, he had to show off his ruffianism when speaking.
"We were both taught by the same master. I only became a master one month later than you, but my talent is higher than yours. Senior brother, if you can't beat me, you'd better hurry up and collect the money. One hundred taels, three days." I have to get it, otherwise the girls in Chunyu Tower will be lonely. As a person like me, I hate to see women suffer the most."
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"I said you can't beat me. I have control over you unless you kill me. But are you willing? I'm your junior brother."
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"Father, you want me to kill my senior brother? Aren't you afraid that I won't do anything after taking the money... Haha, reputation? Is reputation important to me? I don't think it is important. I live a life of licking blood from the knife edge. days, so money is the most important thing to me, so I also set a rule for myself, get money beforehand, and take as much as you have agreed upon, no less."
Gu Yi practiced his movements and lines at the same time.
But as he practiced, he suddenly felt that these lines could be interpreted better, so he went directly to the director.
"What's wrong, Gu Yi? How have you been practicing your lines during this period?"
"Director, I feel everything went quite smoothly. I like this role very much, but I came to you this time mainly to discuss something with you."
"What's up?"
"I think there are a few lines that could be changed."
Li Lei, the director of Jinyiwei, felt a thump in his heart after hearing this, thinking, is it finally here?
Will the brave dragon slayer finally become a dragon?
Gu Yi is indeed famous now, but that doesn't mean he can change his lines casually.
Absolutely not!
But after Gu Yi finished speaking, he added: "Director, I suddenly had this idea when I was reviewing the script, so I would like to discuss it with you. If you think it is inappropriate, we will still shoot according to the original script."
After hearing this, Li Lei's expression softened a lot. Since Gu Yi said this, he might as well listen to it first. At least these words made people feel comfortable.
"Where do you think the lines need to be changed?"
Gu Yi took out the script.
"Director, this is where Dongchang's father-in-law found me and wanted me to kill my senior brother. In addition to being strong in martial arts, my character also needs to show a ruffian spirit."
"Then I'll play the role of father-in-law, and I'll check my words with you."
So director Li Lei took the script over and started reading according to the content above.
"I heard that your kung fu is good. Please help me kill someone."
After hearing this, Gu Yi said without thinking: "200 taels."
Then Li Lei continued: "This 100 taels is the deposit."
But Gu Yi shook his head: "Father, I have a habit. Before doing anything, you have to give me all the money, not even a penny less than 200 taels, otherwise you won't be able to do this job."
"Here is 200 taels."
"My father-in-law is so generous, who do you want to kill?"
"Jinyiwei, Mo Buping."
"Who?" Gu Yi showed a surprised expression, "Father-in-law, don't you know? He is my senior brother! As the saying goes, a brother is like a father, but you want me to kill my biological father! Do you think it's appropriate?"
Li Lei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, because this was completely out of the scope of the script.
But he is also the screenwriter on this movie.
But he felt that this line still had some meaning.
So I quickly came up with a new line: "People like you still care about this?"
"Father-in-law, you misunderstood. This person is my dearest relative and friend, a brother and sister... I need to pay more."
Li Lei suddenly raised his head when he heard Gu Yi's words.
"Is this what you want to change?"
"Yes, how do you feel?"
"Okay, this is better than the original script, so I'll use yours." Li Lei was very happy, because he is not the kind of overlord of the crew who doesn't tolerate others' comments, just because he can be both a director and a director. The screenwriter used to be an actor, but in his opinion, the content of the scripts that many young actors he had worked with asked to change were all rubbish, and the changes those people asked for were all to increase their own drama, but theirs As the roles of others increase, the roles of others must decrease accordingly.
But now Gu Yi has broken his stereotype.
"Thank you, director, and here's another thing. I think it's too cumbersome to say such a long line, and it doesn't fit the character's image. It's better to just change it to say that your boy has a very good sense, and that girl is very smooth."
After hearing this line, Li Lei laughed loudly: "Hahaha, ok, ok, I didn't expect you to know these things so well at such a young age, very smooth? If you are very smooth, I will change it to what you said, and I will let you go later." The screenwriter changes the lines, and you practice accordingly."
"Okay director, then I'll go practice my moves first."
"Well, go ahead."
Although Gu Yi had previously guest-starred as the head of a sect in the TV series starring Yu Xue, the difficulty was completely different from that in this movie.
Although the martial arts drama Yu Xue acted in before also had a lot of action, it still had the nature of an idol drama after all, so the director's requirements for Yu Xue were that the movements should be good-looking and the eyes should be in place.
It's just that Yu Xue is strict with herself and must practice to the best of her ability.
But in this movie, what Cheng Chun demands is truth, one shot to the end.
Therefore, Gu Yi was often scolded by Cheng Chun during this period.
"Raise your arms, where are you fishing?"
"The sword return isn't strong enough. Use a little more force. Are you dating the enemy? Are you reluctant to fight?"
"And why are you turning around like this? You're acting like a pussy."
But every time after receiving criticism, Gu Yi started to polish all the moves Li Lei had designed for him over and over again.
It doesn't matter if it's difficult.
As long as you can develop muscle memory, wouldn't that be enough?
Finally, on the 13th day, Gu Yi had practiced all his early moves.
Later, Li Lei arranged for Gu Yi to be a horse master from the crew and let Gu Yi learn to ride a horse.
"You will have a horse riding scene later on, so you need to practice."
At first, Gu Yi rode a horse and walked smoothly. Later, after he became proficient, Gu Yi would ride a horse every day when he had nothing to do and circle around the set. Although his butt hurt after riding for a long time, Gu Yi was happy with it.
Afterwards I practiced Diaowei Ya.
It is often difficult for a person to maintain balance when being hoisted by Wia, let alone have to make some movements in the air.
But Gu Yi learned very quickly, and he had practiced in the fire brigade before. Now that he was hoisted up by Wia and flying in the sky, he could still perform those actions.
"Okay, I'll stop here today."
On the last day, Li Lei looked at Gu Yi who was making rapid progress and nodded with satisfaction.
"You all have scenes during the day tomorrow, but we have to work overtime in the evenings these days. Gu Yi's night scenes can start shooting, and most of the rest will be night scenes. You should be prepared, and rest during the day. ." As he spoke, Li Lei handed the notice for the next day to them.
(End of chapter)
