Li Tang came to the Zhenjun Palace on Wozhou Mountain early in the morning. The production team's art design and props have been busy here for almost a week. The originally tidy Zhenjun Palace is now full of spider webs and tattered, making it look like a deserted temple.
The actor who played Wanyan Honglie also arrived early. He had just finished styling his hair. He had a messy bun and slanted temples. He was wearing gold armor that hung loosely on his body, making him look embarrassed.
Li Tang also has a similar look, except that he still looks very decent in a white robe.
"Teacher Bao, please pay attention to me for a while."
The actor who plays Wanyan Honglie is called Bao Dazhi. He is an actor from Beijing People's Art Theater. He is in his forties and is the kind of actor who looks familiar but cannot recognize his name.
"Xiao Li, you are too polite. In this way, you can act in a while, I think I should be able to catch it."
Although Bao Dazhi is not well-known, he still has the confidence as an actor in Beijing People's Arts.
Before the official shooting started, everything was ready, including word matching and lighting.
Today's literary and opera director is Ju Jueliang.
"Ready!"
"Photography in place!"
"The lighting is OK!"
"The radio is normal!"
"Action!"
The camera on the big crane in the Zhenjun Palace is from a high position, first giving a large panoramic view.
Bao Dazhi and Li Tang entered the hall one after the other.
Bao Dazhi was in front, his steps hurried and panicked, while Li Tang was unhurried and carefully closed the palace door after walking in.
"Kang'er!"
"I've already arranged it outside. Even if there are pursuers, they won't be able to find us for a while."
"Kang'er, dad's top priority when he comes out this time is to find you. Why are you here? Why don't you give dad any news?"
Li Tang remained silent.
The camera slowly advanced to a close-up, showing him slowly squatting down with a tangled expression.
In this scene, Yang Kang, played by Li Tang, already knows that he is not the biological son of Wanyan Honglie, the sixth prince of the Jin Kingdom, and is even his biggest enemy. Especially when he witnessed his biological parents commit suicide in front of him, he accepts it for a moment. No, so I deliberately closed myself off.
Li Tang understood Yang Kang's feelings very well. If someone told him at this time that Lao Li was not his biological father, or even the enemy who killed his biological father, he would not be able to accept it either.
In fact, Jin Yongzhong has always implemented Confucianism. Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. Generating kindness is always greater than cultivating kindness.
But the fact is that Wanyan Honglie truly loves Bao Xiruo, and he doesn't even care about his identity as a father. He even treats Yang Kang as his own son and loves him very much. Such a good man with power and money is hard to find even now.
Yang Kang was originally a carefree little prince, and he even met a girl he liked. Suddenly a stranger came out and said that he was his biological father, and that Wanyan Honglie was his biggest enemy, and his mother actually confirmed the news. What was even more ridiculous was that the girl he liked was still this strange biological father. Father's adopted daughter.
This kind of love and hatred that is constantly being cut and confused can only be confused to Yang Kang, who is not deeply involved in the world.
Li Tang was carrying this emotion at this time.
Bao Dazhi was puzzled: "Kang'er, why do you look so weird?"
Li Tang did not dare to look directly into the other person's eyes, and said with an indifferent expression: "Your Majesty, don't go out now. Let's hide here and wait until the pursuing soldiers have gone far before we go out."
Bao Dazhi said bitterly: "It's that boy named Guo. He caused me to lose more than half of my troops."
Li Tang couldn't help but lower his head when he heard this. The Wanyan Honglie in front of him was their common enemy, but he couldn't kill him like Guo Jing did. He felt ashamed and entangled in his heart.
He could only continue to pretend to be indifferent and said: "No wonder the prince was defeated so miserably!"
Bao Dazhi finally came to his senses at this time. He looked down at Li Tang and asked in confusion: "Kang'er, why do you call me Prince? Why don't you call me Dad?"
Li Tang lowered his head and said nothing, clasping his hands tightly.
When Bao Dazhi saw this, he slowly squatted down and said softly: "Kang'er, do you miss your mother?"
In the camera, Li Tang turned his head to the side and his lips trembled slightly.
As Bao Dazhi called "Kang'er" one after another, he finally failed to make up his mind and said: "Guo Jing wants to avenge his father's murder. Please don't return to Zhongdu in the next six months."
Bao Dazhi raised his eyebrows, a stern look flashed in his eyes, but he immediately smiled happily and said, "Okay, okay, dad listens to you."
"Cut!"
Ju Jueliang took the walkie-talkie and shouted stop.
Because there were images from two cameras, he watched the replay carefully again. The performances of the two actors are impeccable, their expressions, lines, and body language are all just right. The only regret was that the shots for taking close-up shots and capturing close-ups were not adequate, so he had to call the photographer over and point at the pictures on the monitor screen to take care of them one by one.
Neither Li Tang nor Bao Dazhi watched the replay. Besides not having this habit, Li Tang was more confident in his performance. Bao Dazhi is probably also confident.
After the two took the first shot, Bao Dazhi took out a cigarette and handed one to Li Tang.
An expert will know if it is there as soon as he reaches out his hand. Bao Dazhi's move was definitely not flattery, but recognition of Li Tang.
Speaking of which, Li Tang’s workplace, the Drama Center, was formerly known as Shanghai People’s Art Theatre. In the past, Shanghai People's Art and Beijing People's Art were the two peaks of domestic drama performances. From a small perspective, the two may have a competitive relationship, but from a large perspective, they are actually a family.
Li Tang took a look and saw that what Bao Dazhi took out was the white shell Zhongnanhai that people in the capital loved to smoke. He couldn't get used to this, and he didn't show any pretense, so he simply took out the wide version of Sanwu from his pocket.
"Teacher Bao, you slap me."
Bao Dazhi was happy when he saw it. He felt that Li Tang was not pretentious, had nothing wrong with him, and had a good temper. He immediately took back the cigarette in his hand: "Okay, I'll smoke yours!"
After the two of them finished smoking a cigarette outside, they saw Ju Jueliang sticking his head out from behind the monitor, speaking in plastic Mandarin, and said politely: "You two, I'm sorry, I'll keep one more thing."
"Ok, director!"
In acting, everything is always accidental unless the whole team has reached a tacit understanding. Otherwise, it's either the actors' performance that's not up to par, or it's a problem with the team behind the scenes.
This time, the cameraman of Unit 2 accurately captured some close-ups of the actors' changes in body language and expressions that highlighted the inner drama.
For example, Li Tang's clenched hands when he was entangled, the stern look in Bao Dazhi's eyes when he heard that Guo Jing was about to avenge his father's murder, and so on.
In fact, the cameraman of Unit 2 was a Hong Kong TVB cameraman brought in by Ju Jueliang. He was already used to TVB's shooting methods. Stylized performances only require medium shots.
However, Li Tang and Bao Dazhi obviously pay more attention to details when it comes to the performance of their inner dramas, which is something that most TVB actors do not possess.
What is acting? This is acting!
After a group of shots were taken, it was almost time for dinner.
The food delivery truck has arrived, and Jiang Qinqin actually followed the food delivery truck to the Zhenjun Palace site.
The food on the set of "The Condor" is naturally not as rich and elaborate as the set of "Hero". But as the main actor, the food was pretty good. Three dishes and one soup were all fried in a small pot and placed in insulated lunch boxes.
The temporary assistant had already opened the small movable table and put the food on the table.
Bao Dazhi originally wanted to get together with Li Tang and chat about the afternoon show, but when he saw Jiang Qinqin walking towards Li Tang, he quickly turned around and left.
Although he was acting opposite Li Tang for the first time today, he still heard all kinds of gossip about the crew. Based on his 20 years of experience in filming film and television dramas, any gossip about the crew is often very credible.
Sorry, I don't know if I had a bad stomach or caught a cold today. My stomach feels like it's churning and my legs are weak. I originally wanted to take a leave of absence, but luckily I managed to type out a chapter to give it some thought.
(End of chapter)
