Iron Gun Temple, filming location.
This scene brings together Huang Rong, Wanyan Honglie and his son, Ouyang Feng, Ke Zhen'e, Sha Gu, etc. It has both fighting scenes and intrigues, and it is considered the highlight of the whole play.
Director Ju Jueliang, action directors Zhao Jian, Ma Yucheng, and newly joined Zhang Bearded's old theatrical director Yu Min all gathered together. As the producer and de facto chief director, Zhang Dabeard personally sat in front of the monitor screen, always paying attention to the live performance.
This scene tells the story of Ke Zhen'e in the Iron Spear Temple revisiting his old place, remembering his sworn brother who died tragically, and wanting to kill Huang Rong. At the time of the dilemma between grudges and grudges, Ouyang Feng and Wanyan's father and son arrived, and Yang Kang accepted Ouyang Feng as his teacher as he wished.
However, Huang Rong heard something fishy from the conversation between Sha Gu and Yang Kang, and came out of the hiding place to find out the whole story. After a battle of wits, not only the truth about the Peach Blossom Island murder case became clear, but also the secret behind the murder of Ouyang Kenai and Yang Kang that day was revealed. Yang Kang was extremely frightened and hated him, but when he attacked Huang Rong, he was poisoned by the poison in his soft armor, and eventually died.
This scene was shot from day to night, and everyone was in good condition. Zhang Jizhong decided to shoot it in one go while the iron was hot to avoid procrastination again.
The filming of "The Condor" was far less smooth than that of "The Swordsman". I guess Zhang Dabeard also noticed that the quality of "The Condor" was also far inferior to that of "The Swordsman". Hong Kong director Ju Jue-liang's ability is not only not comparable to that of Huang Jianzhong, but is even inferior to Wang Rui's. Lao Zhang had no choice but to invite his old buddy Yu Min to come over for help.
In fact, Yu Min was a member of the directing team from the beginning, but later quit the crew due to disagreements with the chief director Wang Rui's ideas. This is considered his second entry.
Today's scene in the Iron Spear Temple was directed by Yu Min.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the last scene finally came.
"Action!"
Li Tang's mouth was bleeding and he sat weakly by a pillar in the temple. There was lightning and thunder outside, and the white light of the lightning made the temple flicker, and Li Tang's pale face could be seen from time to time.
With a "squeak" sound, the palace door was pushed open, and a beam of white light came straight in and hit Li Tang's body. The light was so strong that it almost blended into Li Tang's body.
After all, he is a director with a professional background. This kind of drama-style lighting is not Ju Jueliang's style at all. In other words, a Hong Kong director with Ye Luzi background does not have this ability.
Subjective shot, deliberately blurred.
A figure appeared dimly at the door.
The camera zoomed in, and it was a close-up view of sister Nianci's beautiful face. She stepped in and stretched her neck to look.
Li Tang leaned weakly against the pillar.
This poisoning scene is actually difficult to perform, because I have never experienced it personally, and I have never seen anyone who has been poisoned. For this reason, Li Tang also asked for advice. A crew member from Yunnan was said to have been poisoned by Jianshouqing. According to his description, after being poisoned, he would have hallucinations, which was like a dreamlike feeling.
Li Tang understands, and he is probably as old as Hi. Although he has no personal experience in this area, he has seen it many times in the United States in his previous life.
As a result, at this time, he covered his chest with his hands, indicating that he was already poisoned and hopeless, but the spiritual world was beautiful. With a smile of enjoyment on his face, he looked at the vaguely approaching figure.
"Nian Ci, Nian Ci..."
He gently called sister Nianci's name, his voice weak.
According to the description in the original script, when Yang Kang was dying of poison, it was Wanyan Honglie who begged Mu Nianci to see him for the last time, and Yang Kang died in Mu Nianci's arms.
But Yu Min felt that this kind of shooting was too realistic. He was inspired by Li Tang's research on the hallucinations caused by poisoning, so he simply created a dreamy atmosphere. When the truth is fake, the fake is also true.
The next moment Jiang Qinqin discovered Li Tang, she was startled and quickly ran over and picked him up.
Under the pale and dim light, Li Tang lay comfortably in Jiang Qinqin's arms. Looking at the anxious and sad face, he said with relief: "Nian Ci, you are here, we..."
He raised his hand to touch Sister Nianci's face, but just as he was about to touch it, his hand suddenly dropped down.
"stop!"
"This shot is good, I passed it. Put on your makeup, prepare it, and then add another shot."
The makeup artist of the crew quickly ran over and wiped away the blood stains from the corners of Li Tang's mouth. He also modified the originally pale face to look normal.
Jiang Qinqin also touched up her makeup, and Yu Min gave her some instructions on the spot.
This added scene was improvised, mainly to show Li Tang's hallucinations after being poisoned, and to show that the thing he couldn't let go of most before his death was still his sister Nianci.
This scene was made up when Li Tang recalled the past when he held sister Nianci in his arms and was about to kiss her. Sister Nianci in his arms suddenly turned against him, pushed him away, and ran away.
"Nianci——"
Li Tang stood up and wanted to chase him, but he didn't want to and covered his chest. He bit open the blood bag in his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth. Finally, he slowly fell to the ground.
"Stop, okay, passed!"
After hearing the director shout, everyone at the scene breathed a sigh of relief. From arriving at the scene at around eight o'clock in the morning until now almost midnight, it took nearly sixteen hours of filming. Everyone was so busy that they were almost exhausted.
"Teacher Li, this is for you!"
The director's assistant bumpily handed over a red envelope. According to the rules, he acted as a dead person and must give the red envelope to get rid of bad luck. This was not said before, and it was also the same dross passed down from Hong Kong and Taiwan. But it’s pretty good, it’s a psychological comfort.
There are usually not many red envelopes. Li Tang opened it and looked at it. There were two pieces of Mao Zedong inside.
"No, I just died twice, why did you only give me one red envelope?"
"Ah? Teacher Li, I don't know. How about I get you another one?" the director's assistant said hurriedly.
Of course Li Tang was just joking and shook the red envelope in his hand: "Forget it, just one."
Jiang Qinqin didn't have many scenes. After shooting two scenes in the morning, she went back to the hotel to rest. Later, Zhang wanted to strike while the iron was hot and finish the scene in one go, so he called her over temporarily.
"Come with me for a late-night snack later."
Jiang Qinqin's eyes shifted to the red envelope in his hand, she smiled and said, "Okay."
This kind of red envelope is unlucky and must be spent immediately.
At this time, Zhang Bearded came over. He knew the relationship between Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin well. He also understands that after all, everyone is a man, and he is even quite envious that Jiang Qinqin, a famous beauty in the industry, was seduced by this guy Li Tang.
In fact, for a powerful producer like him, finding women is the easiest thing. Even famous female stars, as long as he beckons, there will be many vying to sleep with her.
But this is more of a transaction, just like visiting a street store with pink lights. As a man who needs a sense of accomplishment all the time, he doesn't bother to do this kind of thing. He would rather be someone who admires him and is willing to do so. Of course, it would be better if he could be in love with each other like Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin. .
This kind of thing can be seen through but not revealed. Lao Zhang was no exception. He walked over and smiled, nodding to Jiang Qinqin first, and then apologized to Li Tang: "Xiao Li, I'm sorry, your play has been completed. The crew has not prepared anything at the moment. It will be completed tomorrow." let's go."
As usual, when the main actors wrap up filming, it's like celebrating a birthday, with flowers and cakes indispensable. Originally, the crew had already scheduled the filming, but according to the shooting plan, it was tomorrow.
"Forget it, Director Zhang, we are all our own people, so don't do this nonsense. Besides, I have to leave early tomorrow morning."
Zhang Bearded didn't show any pretense, nodded and said: "Then I won't be able to see you off tomorrow. If you have any questions, call me."
Li Tang is right when he says that we are all our own people, and what our people value is benefits and resource sharing. Those frivolous things are just to fool outsiders.
…
Maybe they were about to break up, but Jiang Qinqin endured her shyness and let go a lot.
However, Li Tang knew very well that too much was too little, and he only had a taste of it. There had to be an adaptation process. Take your time and everything would fall into place naturally.
"Hey, when will you return to the capital?"
"What do you mean by going back to the capital? It's easy to go to the capital. It must be after New Year's Day. All aspects of the relationship before the New Year have to be run out. It will take at least half a month." Li Tang leaned on the bedside and said.
Jiang Qinqin got under the quilt, looked at him with big eyes and said, "Isn't your guy filming in Yunnan? Aren't you going to visit the show?"
"Tsk, you're so good, why are you mentioning this again?"
Li Tang glanced at her and felt helpless when he saw her playful look. He felt that everyone was an adult and just wanted to be happy together, so why bother mentioning those people and things that affect your mood.
Jiang Qinqin didn't give up. She was actually quite scared, fearing that Li Tang would never come back and the two of them would really become a crew couple.
He continued to ask: "What do you two plan to make public?"
"What is there to disclose? There is nothing to disclose." Li Tang said in a bad voice.
"Then she has no objection?"
"She doesn't want to make it public, and of course I don't want it to be public either. We are all boyfriend and girlfriend, there is no need to make it public."
Seeing her persistence, Li Tang simply prodded her and said, "You said just now that she was filming in Yunnan. In fact, their crew had already moved to the capital for filming last week."
The implication is that he can still visit the class after New Year's Day when he goes to the capital.
Sure enough, Jiang Qinqin's face fell.
The relationship between the two has reached this level, and Li Tang has already figured out her temper. Despite her frail appearance, she actually has a bad temper, can't take a joke, and easily gets into trouble.
Just like now, she clearly started the topic, and her seemingly generous words were intended to test her attitude towards Xiaopang. But as soon as I lean slightly towards Fatty, I will immediately become unhappy.
At this time, you must not coax her. The more you coax her, the more enthusiastic she will be.
Li Tang just pretended not to see it and asked casually as if nothing happened: "What are you busy with after finishing filming?"
"I'm not busy!" Jiang Qinqin's tone was harsh, dissatisfied that Li Tang deliberately changed the topic at this time.
But in the end, Li Tang just said "oh" and said nothing.
Jiang Qinqin originally turned her head to the side, deliberately not wanting to pay attention to him, but it was obvious that he was feeling unhappy even though he remained silent. After hesitating for a moment, she simply sat up and stared at him while pulling the quilt.
Li Tang turned his head, and the two of them stared at each other.
"What are you doing, not sleeping anymore?"
"Humph, why don't you ask me why I'm not busy?"
"Yeah, why aren't you busy?"
"you……"
Jiang Qinqin ignored her shyness and sat up straight, letting the quilt slip down and staring at the guy: "What do you mean? Did you do it on purpose?"
Li Tang glanced at her chest, immediately smiled and hugged her into his arms: "Okay, okay, stop making trouble, I'm joking with you."
Jiang Qinqin wanted to break away at first, but she couldn't break free from Li Tang's strong arms. She couldn't move at all. In the end, she had to accept her fate and lay on his chest, grinding her teeth secretly. She really wanted to be with him. There was a bite on the chest, but after all, she was not a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, so she knew how to tolerate it. But at the same time, he said resentfully: "Can't you coax me?"
In fact, she has her own plans. Her schedule has been very tight in the past few years, with three or four dramas every year. This time, she took advantage of the opportunity of filming "The Condor" to submit a lot of scripts. She just wanted to take the opportunity to take a break and go home to spend the New Year with her parents in peace.
But now that he is with Li Tang, the situation has changed. Thinking that the two of them were about to separate, it was inevitable that they would feel empty in their hearts. If we still chat on the phone as before, then... well, it really doesn't quench our thirst!
Li Tang also told her about his plans. He also wanted to take a break, and New Year's Day was coming soon. The teachers at the school and the leaders of the unit had to move around in all aspects. Although he is currently on leave without pay, when he is working in the country, the units within the system will always be his backing, and this relationship must be maintained well.
As for going to the capital, it is also to maintain all aspects of relations. After being around for so many years, his current network of relationships is getting bigger and bigger, including this time filming "Hero", and he has a relationship with Director Zhang and Mr. Zhang of New Picture.
Especially during the filming of "Hero", he had learned that Director Zhang and his two screenwriters had begun planning the script for a new movie. He vaguely remembered that Director Zhang had made several costume blockbusters in a row after "Hero". The one that left a deep impression on him was the one called "Golden Milk" in which Gong Li starred. He couldn't remember the others clearly, but no matter what the movie was, as long as It's directed by Zhang Yimou, so I have to fight for it.
After all, Director Zhang’s current domestic status is like that of Spielberg in the United States. Even in terms of international reputation, especially in the field of art films, Director Zhang is definitely better than Spielberg. and.
Of course, I couldn't tell Jiang Qinqin this at the moment, so I comforted her a lot, and then finally calmed down.
…
"elder brother!"
Zeng Jia glanced at Jiang Qinqin who was accompanying Li Tang. She could see the problem at a glance and cursed: No man is good. While greeting the other party warmly: "Sister Qinqin, you are really getting more and more beautiful!"
"Jiajia, long time no see, you are getting more and more beautiful."
The two had been in contact with each other when they were filming "The Third Man" years ago. Jiang Qinqin knew that this beautiful female agent had nothing to do with Li Tang, but she saw that the other person was taller and had a better figure than her. As for appearance, Jiang Qinqin is still very confident in this aspect. Currently, the only person who poses a threat to her is Fan Xiaopang. But out of a woman's instinct, she was still deeply wary of this female agent with an urban white-collar temperament.
After Li Tang's unnamed temporary assistant on the set helped carry the luggage into the car, Jiang Qinqin deliberately helped Li Tang straighten his clothes in front of Zeng Jia, and said reluctantly: "Don't forget to call Ang if you have nothing to do. "
(End of chapter)
