The crew of "Swordsman" began their location tour in July, mainly shooting in some natural and cultural resorts surrounding Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui.
After filming fight scenes for so long, Li Tang no longer cares about hanging on wires, punching and kicking, or dancing with swords. The most painful thing is the scorching heat and the infestation of mosquitoes.
The filming locations are either in the mountains or by the water, so you can imagine how overrun the mosquitoes are. Moreover, when shooting night scenes, the lights are particularly attractive to mosquitoes. Often after a scene, the ground crunches under your feet, and the ground is covered with dead mosquitoes.
Sometimes even mosquito repellent didn't work, so Jia Yuling prepared twenty boxes of Fengyou essence for him, but it was all used up in a week.
On August 20, when the large team finally returned to the permanent hotel next to the Water Margin of the Three Kingdoms in Wuxi after completing the location shooting mission, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The journey of one and a half months was really too painful.
The heroine Xu Qing has lost a lot of weight, and the iconic baby fat on her face has been reduced a lot. Her oval face has almost turned into a melon face, but she looks more and more beautiful.
As soon as she arrived on the set, she asked the crew for three days' leave, and then a brand-new Mercedes-Benz parked in front of the hotel to pick her up. Looking at the car lights driving away, Li Tang, who was lying on the balcony smoking, had eyes full of greed.
Due to the filming schedule, the crew of "Swordsman" originally had a literary and martial arts group, but now they have an additional literary and opera group, with three groups shooting at the same time every day. As the male lead, Li Tang was busy filming among the three groups. So others could go home occasionally and take a few days off, but he could only envy him.
"Brother, what should we have for dinner?" Jia Yuling, the assistant in the room, asked while packing her things.
"casual."
Li Tang subconsciously replied, but seeing the troubled look on Xiao Jia's face, he thought for a moment and added: "Don't be too greasy, just be light."
After this round of outdoor filming, almost everyone in the crew lost weight, and Li Tang also lost five or six pounds. Only his assistant Jia Yuling actually gained weight and became more round and round. Li Tang looked at her and said sadly: " Xiao Jia, do you still want to pass the opera exam next year? It’s not possible to continue like this."
Jia Yuling said helplessly: "Brother, the busier I am here, the more I can eat. But if you don't eat, I'm too hungry and have no energy. I'm afraid of delaying work, so I can only eat."
However, her mentality was very good, and she immediately said optimistically: "Anyway, it will be completed next month. There are still more than four months until the art exam early next year. It will not be too late to lose weight by then."
She worked as a temporary assistant for Li Tang on the crew, and the various subsidies added up to her income was quite considerable. Moreover, she was very popular on the crew, and she often went to the drama staff to help out. The stage manager may sound like a handyman, but in fact, he provides services such as food, drink, toilets, and sleep for the entire crew, booking cars, tickets, and even props, which brings in a lot of extra money. In addition, she herself had to live and eat on the set during this period, so she didn't have much to spend money on. She had already saved enough to pay for her living expenses in Beidiao, as well as the first-year tuition fees for the Chinese Opera in the future.
Li Tang was a little restless in the room, so he simply got up, grabbed a towel and a bottle of water and headed out.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"Go to the gym. I'll bring dinner over later."
He just saw Xu Qingmiaoman's back on the balcony, especially the round peach butt that caught his eye the moment he got in the car. The visual stimulation made his blood boil.
There is no way, it has been two months since Fan Xiaopang last came to visit the class. Previously, I spent a lot of energy and energy on filming and had no time to think about these things. But it was rare to relax today, and the primitive impulse buried in the body was naturally ready to move.
At this time, Fan Xiaopang had already joined the group, and his ex-girlfriend was too busy to do anything else. As for Jiang Qinqin, who is often contacted by phone, she also visited Hu Jian during this period. As the female lead, the martial arts war blockbuster "Hero Zheng Chenggong" is about to start filming.
I don’t know if she and her ex-boyfriend are actually disconnected?
Every time he thought of this, Li Tang would inevitably feel a little sour in his heart.
It is said that men eat from the bowl and look at the plate and the pot, and Li Tang is no exception. Although Jiang Qinqin can be a bit naughty sometimes, like Fan Xiaopang, her beauty can cover up all her shortcomings. Li Tang can still clearly recall the orchid-like fragrance on her body, as well as the soft glutinous rice he tasted when he took advantage of the last time he was filming.
He couldn't think about this kind of thing. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. Li Tang trotted to the gym and could only vent his vigorous energy by rubbing the cold iron.
In fact, Li Tang was not the only one who had the same troubles with the crew, which had hundreds of people. It must be said that Zhang Beard was very strict in managing the crew. When he first joined the crew, he announced several rules, such as strictly prohibiting fighting and gambling. Pediatrics, there are two most important things: one is not allowed to play fans in the crew; second, it is strictly forbidden to call technicians in the hotel where the crew is staying.
Although Li Tang has never witnessed this kind of thing with his own eyes, he has heard a lot about it. For example, a certain big star, a certain big singer, and a certain big director are all good at this, and the reason they gave is nothing more than pressure. Big, looking for inspiration. To put it bluntly, they are just moaning for no reason. Life is too good, so I just want to have some exciting fun.
Li Tang has been taught throughout his life that drugs and gambling should never be touched, so he has an instinctive rejection and disgust towards these two things. Occasionally, when he encounters these thrill-seeking people on different occasions, he always keeps away from them.
As for not being able to call technicians at the hotel where the crew is staying, it is to prevent the crew from becoming chaotic, but it does not stop you from going to the city to have fun. After all, humane management is still required.
As the male lead, Li Tang is the one who attracts the most attention, and he would never dare to go with them to have fun in Wuxi city. In fact, it was internally digested by the team, and Li Tang received hints from a certain actress more than once.
But how to say it? To say that I am not excited is definitely a lie. To be able to play a role in the "Swordsman" crew, the appearance condition must be quite excellent, including the flexibility of the body, which is definitely better than the technicians who cost thousands of dollars outside.
But in the final analysis, I am still afraid of trouble. There is no free lunch in the world. You have to pay for what you get. Even if you comfort each other, there is no guarantee that the other party will sell everything for the sake of fame in the future.
At this time, Li Tang was finally able to understand why the divorce rate in the industry was so high, especially between actors and actresses, where the chances of divorce and cheating were higher. The main reason is that we gather together more and stay apart less. We are obviously in need, but the other half is not around, so we can only hunt for wild food. There are also many who are cautious, and in order to prevent negative news from spreading, they attack their assistants and managers.
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"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."
In the square in front of the Xinchang Buddhist Temple, Li Tang fought with Teacher Wei Zi waving his long sword.
Teacher Wei Zi occasionally had to use a stunt double for some difficult moves, but Li Tang didn't need to at all now. The two of them had been fighting for almost the whole morning, and basically all the main actors in today's scene were present, acting as human backgrounds.
This scene tells the story of Ren's father and daughter, who came up the mountain to rescue Linghu Chong, and Xiang Wentian, who were locked in a stalemate with the various famous sects who came in front of the main hall of the Shaolin Temple. The two sides agreed to win two out of three battles. If one of us wins, he can go down the mountain immediately; if he loses, he must stay in the Shaolin Temple for ten years, regardless of the right and wrong of the world.
In the first game, Ren Woxing took advantage of Master Fang Zheng's benevolence and righteousness to win a game; then, Zuo Lengchan and Ren Woxing were inextricably killed, each with murderous intentions. In the end, Ren Woxing's "Star Absorbing Technique" was slightly inferior. Zuo Lengchan's "Ice Qi" lost the second round.
In the crucial third game, Linghu Chong came on the stage to face Wudang's Taoist Chongxu. However, Taoist Master Chongxu was once defeated by Linghu Chong's Dugu Nine Swords, so he surrendered with his sword.
The hypocrite Yue Buqun didn't talk about martial arts. He took the initiative to ask for a fight because he was Linghu Chong's master, and killed Linghu Chong continuously. Linghu Chong could only defend but not attack.
It was already mid-September, and Zhang Beard was originally planning to hold a grand sealing ceremony in Qingcheng Mountain. For this reason, he and the crew's artists made a special trip to Qingcheng Mountain for investigation and research.
But time passed by, and at the end of the shoot, I realized I didn’t have enough money. Qingcheng Mountain is far away in Sichuan and Sichuan. It would be a big deal for hundreds of people to travel to the southwest. In desperation, we had to choose Xinchang Buddhist Temple, whose mountain gate, corridor and terrain are somewhat similar to Shaolin Temple, as the venue for the mirror sealing ceremony.
The previous two fights, including the scene in which Linghu Chong leads a group of heroes to attack the Shaolin Temple, have been filmed for two days. Today's scene is the last one. After filming, "The Swordsman", which lasted half a year, will be finished.
The last time Mr. Jin Yong came to visit the crew, it was a huge sensation, and Zhang Beard obviously tasted the benefits. Before the crew came to shoot at the Grand Buddha Temple, they released the news: "Mr. Jin Yong's hometown is in Zhejiang. When he learned that the crew was going to Zhejiang to film, and that the filming of the whole drama was nearing completion, he expressed that he wanted to go back to his hometown and visit the crew again. By then, all the actors will arrive in Xinchang, Zhejiang Province."
As soon as the news was revealed, many reporters from all over the country gathered outside the Grand Buddha Temple, but no one knew whether the news was true or false. At least until the last day of filming today, Mr. Jin Yong was still missing.
Zhang Dabeard had no choice but to say that Jin Daxia was very busy and his whereabouts were uncertain, but he had been paying close attention to the progress of the crew and maintained hotline contact with relevant people, such as the famous Yue opera actress who played the role of The Invincible in the East, whom the old man particularly admired and liked. And a big news was announced, that is, "The Swordsman" will be the new year's drama of CCTV's eight series and will meet the audience during the Spring Festival.
Zhang Big Beard has always been a slut when it comes to publicity and hype, and the media reporters are already used to it. And from a reporter's perspective, a producer who is good at hype and keeps making news is still very popular.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether Mr. Jin comes or not. If he comes, it's news, and if he doesn't, it's news.
First update!
(End of chapter)
