At noon on June 5th, Capital Airport.
The Buick commercial vehicle parked at the domestic departure gate. Li Tang opened the side door and got out of the car carrying a backpack. The driver Shen Lin moved a large suitcase from the trunk.
"Master Shen, give it to me."
Li Tang reached out to take the suitcase.
"Boss, let me take you in." Shen Lin said hurriedly.
"No, I can just go in by myself. You can't park here."
Li Tang put his backpack on his back and took the suitcase's lever from Shen Lin.
"Boss...well, have a nice trip!"
Shen Lin was not good at words and said goodbye to him with an unnatural expression.
"OK Bye Bye!"
Li Tang smiled and waved to him.
There were crew members in the waiting hall responsible for connecting, and Zhou Xun and Chen Kun arrived earlier than him.
"Are you alone?"
Today is different from the past. Today, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are surrounded by assistants. Only Li Tang comes over alone dragging his suitcase, which looks very different.
"Originally, Jiajia wanted to come and deliver it, but something happened at the last minute." Li Tang smiled at the two of them.
After applying for the boarding pass, I still had to check in my luggage. Zhou Xun’s assistant was very smart and hurriedly stepped forward and said, “Brother Li, let me do it.”
"Oh, thank you Tony!"
Don’t get me wrong, Zhou Xun’s assistant named Tony is a woman with short hair and flat chest. She usually likes to dress in neutral clothes. She even gave herself the English name Tony. She may have that tendency.
However, she had been following Zhou Xun for several years, and the relationship between the two had always been very good, so it was not good for Li Tang to speculate in that direction.
Chen Kun's assistant, on the other hand, is so silly that he looks like a newcomer at first glance.
There are direct flights from Beijing to Zhangjiajie, three times a week, one almost every other day. The people on the same plane were basically tour groups. Fortunately, the crew booked them in business class, so they were separated from each other by a curtain.
Little Fatty was so noisy last night that after the plane took off, Li Tang fell asleep without talking to Zhou Xun and Chen Kun for a few words.
"Hey, wake up, the plane is landing soon."
Li Tang opened his sleepy eyes and looked out the window. Sure enough, the plane was already slowly descending among the mountains.
Fastening his seat belt, Zhou Xun sat next to him and said with a smile, "Didn't you sleep last night? You slept so deeply!"
"No, I'm just very busy these two days." Li Tang could only laugh.
Looking down from the plane, Zhangjiajie looks like a valley surrounded by mountains, with a blue-green streamer-like river winding through the edge of the city.
"Wow, this is Tianmen Cave. The script says it is the Eye of Heaven."
After getting off the plane, you could see the huge stone cave standing on the top of the mountain like an eye in the sky from a distance. Zhou Xun was shocked.
Tourists on the same plane also took out their cameras to take pictures.
In the end, we boarded the shuttle bus at the urging of the ground staff. Perhaps because the spectacle of the Sky Eye was so shocking, the tourists didn’t even notice that there were three unusual passengers on the same plane.
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"Teacher Cong, long time no see. It's nice, right?"
In the hotel where the crew stayed, Li Tang met Cong Zhijun, who played the role of the little tailor's grandfather and the old tailor.
"Very good, very good."
The old man shook hands with him cheerfully.
The two had worked together when they were filming "The Swordsman". The old man played Linghu Chong's old friend Qu Yang, the elder of the demon sect. The two have many rivalry scenes in the play.
The old man is over seventy years old, but he is still energetic, but because of his height, he looks slightly hunched.
"Hello, Teacher Wang, I particularly like your "12.1 Shooting Case". Your performance as Dong Lei is really amazing."
Criminal investigation dramas have been popular in the past few years. If Li Tang was asked to choose the three best criminal investigation dramas, then "12.1 Shooting Case" would definitely be on the list. It's not that the filming techniques of this drama are very good, but that it is very real in the form of a pseudo-documentary. Especially Dong Lei, the leading male villain played by Wang Shuangbao, those who didn't know it thought he was Dong Lei himself.
Wang Shuangbao hurriedly held Li Tang's hand with both hands and said repeatedly: "I don't dare to do it! I don't dare to do it! Teacher Li, your Linghu Chong is the most impressive."
Although Wang Shuangbao is many years older than Li Tang, he can only be considered a newcomer in the film and television industry, so he has a very low profile. He is completely different from the fierce Dong Lei he plays. We are all part of the scene, complimenting each other and improving each other!
Compared with Li Tang's charming appearance, Chen Kun seems reserved and introverted. He only nods hastily when greeting people, looking like he is not easy to deal with.
Fortunately, Zhou Xun's enthusiasm broke the embarrassment, and when he saw Mr. Cong, he affectionately called him grandpa!
When Wang Shuangbao came over to greet her, she made a fuss and said, "Wow, you are the captain, right? Captain, please take care of me."
Wang Shuangbao plays the ignorant and interesting production captain.
There are only a few actors, and Wang Hongwei, who plays the role of Four Eyes, will not be able to report to the crew for a few days.
One more thing, Wang Hongwei is the actor who played Xiao Wu in Chief Jia's debut film "Xiao Wu", which Li Tang had watched and thought he had no skills.
Because all the lines in "The Little Tailor" are in Sichuan dialect, the actors needed to undergo unannounced Sichuan dialect training before filming started. Of course, it does not require the original flavor, as long as it has this taste.
Chen Kun is originally from Chongqing, so he has no pressure and even played a guest role as a teacher. Because Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are in the same company and have worked together before, they usually have a good relationship. In addition, they have started preparing for it a long time ago, so they naturally learned well.
As for Li Tang, who is from Shanghai, everyone originally thought that he was from a poor household, but as a result, he seemed quite upright as soon as he was introduced to him. Chen Kun was particularly surprised and said: "Brother Li, have you ever lived in Chongqing? This is a Nan'an accent!"
"I haven't been to Chongqing, so I just learned it temporarily from others. Maybe the person who taught me is from Nan'an, Chongqing. Anyway, no matter what accent we have, we all sound the same."
Of course Li Tang would not say that he learned it from Jiang Qinqin.
He basically talks to Jiang Qinqin on the phone every week. Like many close friends, he waits until everything that needs to be talked about is finished. Occasionally, there will be some small interactions, such as Li Tang teaching her Shanghainese dialect and she teaching Li Tang Chongqing dialect. She is from Nan'an, so of course she has a Nan'an accent, which only Chen Kun, a native of Chongqing, can hear.
The crew's costumes arrived that day. After all, it was a big crew and they wouldn't just collect some clothes from local farmers to make up the money just to save money. The crew had previously measured the dimensions of the actors and then specially customized them. They were also aged to match the characteristics of the era.
The person responsible for the art and styling design of the crew is an associate professor of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, who was also the art designer of "Ju Dou" and "Raise the Red Lantern".
This person's design is very interesting. The designs he helped Li Tang were all in red series, such as red sweatshirts and red hurdle vests, while Chen Kun designed the blue series, such as blue tunic suits, blue sportswear, etc.
Li Tang didn't know whether the art designer was intentional or simply pursuing the variety of colors in the picture. If he followed his understanding in his previous life, red and blue CPs have been produced since ancient times, and combined with the names of their respective characters, they were clearly a pair of red and blue Roman CPs. ah!
Of course, this is not the point. During the fitting that day, when Li Tang took off the loose-fitting Ermenegildo Zegna long-sleeved T-shirt, revealing the chiseled muscles of his upper body, director Dai Sijie’s first reaction was no wonderful.
When I usually see Li Tang being tall and thin, I never expected that he had such a good figure hidden under his clothes. But the question is how could an educated youth of that era have such a good body?
Chen Kun was also dumbfounded. He was already half a head shorter than Li Tang, and when he took off his clothes, he was even more distinguishable in black and white. Then when he looked at his body, he found that he was extremely weak.
"How about adding a fitness-loving character to Ma Jianling?" Assistant Director Zhao Chunlin said from the side.
Dai Sijie remained silent. Although there were people who were interested in sports at that time, there was no concept of fitness at all. There are people with good health, but Li Tang's body is too exaggerated.
After a long while, he said: "Li Tang, can you lose some weight?"
Li Tang lowered his head and looked at the muscles on his body. Is this weight loss? Losing muscle is just as difficult as building it.
"What about filming?"
"That doesn't matter. You already look very thin. Let's film the scene with clothes on first."
The shirtless and hurdle vest scenes in the script can only be moved back temporarily.
The only way to lose weight quickly is not to eat, and only to supplement the necessary protein and water for the human body every day. Thinking about it, I was urging Xiaopang to lose weight some time ago. I didn't expect that it was my turn now. It felt ironic when I thought about it.
Many of the trails in Tianmen Mountain are built up step by step with stone slabs, and some are even cut directly out of huge rocks. I heard from the locals that this road has been walked and built for hundreds of years.
Two porters carrying boxes walked in front with wooden sticks. Li Tang, who was wearing a red sportswear that had been washed and slightly whitened, was carrying luggage on his back and trailing behind with a net bag containing a washbasin and teapot. , walking up the mountain step by step with difficult steps.
Chen Kun, who was walking in front, occasionally looked back at him, and then asked the porter who was walking in front to slow down a little.
This is a long shot. The camera is located on the opposite mountain. In the shot, there are only four ant-like figures trekking hard on the mountain road.
Li Tang really couldn't walk anymore. He was always good at physical strength and now he was not as good as Chen Kun who was walking in front.
There is no way, people are like iron rice and steel, and they will starve if they don't eat one meal. Not to mention that he now only eats two eggs and a little fruit every day, so he can only carry it when he is hungry.
Just when his eyes were filled with stars and his legs were dangling, he finally heard a buzz from the walkie-talkie pinned to his waist under his clothes, and the voice of director Dai Sijie came from inside: "Cut!"
This voice was like the sound of nature. Li Tang suddenly collapsed on the steps and shouted weakly to Chen Kun and the porter in front: "Stop, stop, stop, the director shouted stop."
The porter was a local extra hired by the crew, and he got used to it after several days of filming. He quickly put down the two wooden boxes that Bei had on his body, with a very relaxed look on his face. You must know that in order for them to show the true state of the arduous trek, deputy director Zhao Chunlin specially placed bricks in the box for them to carry.
However, Li Tang and Chen Kun are not surprised. In their words, they have been carrying things on this mountain road since they were young, weighing one hundred and eighty kilograms, not to mention a few bricks.
There were not only bricks but also water in the box. One of the extras brought water from the box and said in Mandarin with a strong local accent: "Teachers, drink water."
"Thanks!"
Chen Kun took it and handed a bottle to Li Tang.
Li Tang lay on his back on the steps, which was quite comfortable because there was a quilt on his back. He looked up at the blue sky and gasped for air.
Seeing Chen Kun handing over some water, he hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head and didn't take it. If you want to lose weight as quickly as possible, you should also control your water intake.
If Chen Kun was envious and even a little jealous of Li Tang's figure at first, now he only feels sympathy. For example, when the staff brought food to the table at noon, everyone else was eating, but Li Tang stayed away. Not to mention watching others eat it, even smelling it.
After about ten minutes, we saw a large force coming in force. The crew hired many local villagers, who not only acted as extras, but also helped the crew carry equipment.
In this big mountain, every time you adjust the position of the camera, you have to rely on people's shoulders to carry it from one hilltop to another. It seems that the distance is not far in a straight line, but it takes a long time to walk on the winding mountain road.
Especially the two film cameras with wide-angle lenses, which were carried up and down by two French photographers. Behind each of them were two camera assistants who helped carry tripods, tracks, and film.
After shooting the long shot, it’s time to take the close-up shot.
The two French photographers, holding heavy cameras, didn't wait to take a few breaths before they started looking for angles and arranging the right people.
Anyone with a discerning eye will understand at a glance that such a big battle was launched just after the filming was started. To put it bluntly, it was to sharpen the lens and let the Chinese-French mixed crew get used to it as soon as possible.
"Li Tang, can you still persist?"
Dai Sijie came over and saw Li Tang lying on the steps like a dead fish, so he knelt down and asked.
"Director, let me rest for a while."
My breath has calmed down, but I still need to gather my strength.
Dai Sijie looked at the sun that was gradually setting in the west and said, "Rest for another ten minutes and start shooting when the camera is set up. Just hold on and you won't have to run away tomorrow."
The equipment of the crew is absolutely top-notch, including the portable monitors and the full set of Alai's equipment, all shipped from France, and the operators are all foreigners.
"Okay, all departments are preparing...Action!"
Li Tangqiang braced himself, gritted his teeth, picked up his bedding, and climbed up the mountain road with his net bag.
To be honest, the French are absolutely top-notch in their photography skills. The camera movement of this shot first shows a close-up of the dark, muscular calves of the two porters walking in front, carrying wooden sticks and carrying heavy wooden boxes, with their trouser legs rolled up, and their feet wearing straw sandals walking step by step on the steps. Heavy and solid.
Then the camera slowly zoomed out, from a close-up to a panoramic view. The heavy wooden box bent their waists. The ragged clothes, dark complexions, and rugged mountain roads formed a scene of suffering.
The camera slowly rotates, and Chen Kun and Li Tang enter the picture. Their confused eyes, messy footsteps, and luggage all indicate that they are first timers.
Just one update today. There have been too many things in the past two days. I owe two updates. There will be things to do tomorrow, two updates at most. I’ll find a way to make up for it in two days.
(End of chapter)
