In the morning, Han Zhou and Zheng Changhe stood outside the studio.
"Come on, let's practice."
Zheng Changhe, who was only ten years old, stood by the fence, straightened his back, and faced the road outside: "Eight hundred pacesetters are running up the north slope, and the pacesetters are running side by side with the artillery..."
While practicing the jingle, white smoke came out of my mouth.
The weather is indeed a bit cold, but for Zheng Changhe, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, it's not bad.
"Come again."
Zheng Changhe: "Eight hundred pacesetters rushed to bed..."
"Can eight hundred pacesetters sleep on your bed???" Han Zhou interrupted loudly.
"Are you crazy about wanting to sleep? You want to be an actor but you still want to be lazy and sleep?" Han Zhou waved the cane in his hand: "Come again!"
Your master and I haven’t slept, so you still want to sleep in? I’ll give you what you can!
"Zheng!"
Zheng Jianjun pulled out the sword on his waist: "Teacher Han, come on, use this to draw."
Han Zhou glanced at the sword Zheng Jianjun pulled out: "This... must not be beaten to death?"
"It's okay, it's not sharp." Zheng Jianjun didn't care.
Han Zhou: "Who said you can't stab someone to death without a gun head?"
Zheng Jianjun's eyes lit up: "Expert! Is Teacher Han practicing the Southern School or the Northern School? Or Emei?"
Han Zhou smiled awkwardly: "You are so good at talking."
"Does your martial arts school also learn weapons? Martial arts routines?"
"What's the trick?" Zheng Jianjun: "Specializes in teaching how to play with weapons in a flashy and beautiful way."
"In Hengdian, there are still people who study martial arts and boxing seriously."
"But when it comes to weapons, in these peaceful times, who would still learn it? Wouldn't it be difficult for them to learn how to use soft swords to break bamboos?"
"Most of the people practicing weapons here in Hengdian are extras or special actors brought in by the director."
"Sometimes I will bring in some leading actors who don't know how to perform martial arts."
The so-called special actors are actors who have one or a few lines.
It's a level higher than group acting.
The extra actor's salary is about 100 yuan a day, while the special actor's salary for a few scenes and a few words is almost 1,000 yuan.
During the few days that Han Zhou was in Hengdian Film and Television City, he worked as a special guest actor for various production crews.
Han Zhou became interested: "In other words, you actually know how to teach martial arts?"
Zheng Jianjun: “It’s different.”
"I also worked with the martial arts instructors on the crew."
"They mainly need to set up tricks so that they can produce a coherent set of fighting actions during filming."
"What I teach is how to play with weapons, so that actors can perform a set of actions in a coherent manner."
Zheng Jianjun actually didn't explain it very clearly, but as an industry insider, Han Zhou had also made a movie, so he knew what Zheng Jianjun meant as soon as he heard it.
In action movies, there are many shots in a fighting scene.
For example, an actor swung a sword down, then jumped up and swung the sword, and then twirled around while holding the sword backwards.
Through editing, intersperse the opponent's response actions.
This set of moves turned into a complete routine of an actor forcing his opponent to retreat with one strike of his sword, then jumping up and chasing with his sword, only to reveal a flaw, and the opponent fought back, and after he landed, he turned around to dodge the opponent's attack.
In fact, this was shot three simple actions separately and edited through editing. After editing, it looked okay.
What Zheng Jianjun teaches is how an actor can complete these three movements or even a dozen movements in one continuous movement.
Obviously, the former is more in line with the current market environment.
After all, the day-to-day salary for popular actors is ridiculously high, and not many directors would pursue the quality of real fighting and let the actors practice their real skills. Anyway, this job is left to the editor, which costs a few thousand yuan, and it is done.
If actors are allowed to practice, their salary will have to be increased by hundreds of thousands or even millions, which will be a huge cost.
For a martial arts TV series and movie, with dozens of characters, everyone has such demands, and the remuneration alone has to be increased by tens of millions.
However, if you look at the effect, the latter is definitely better.
In terms of texture, the latter far exceeds the former.
This is the difference between a martial arts instructor and a martial arts coach.
For people in the industry, they are very strong in both aspects, and they are awesome to the naked eye. The martial arts instructor is represented by Yuan Baye, and the martial arts coach is represented by Yu Hai.
But in terms of status and worth in the industry, Yuan Baye is much higher.
Because it saves trouble...
Han Zhou took the sword and fiddled with it twice. He remembered the sword-turning action he had seen in his previous life. Han Zhou tried to play Li Xunhuan. He raised his hand and inserted the sword back into the scabbard. He took the sword from Zheng Jianjun's hand and raised it.
The hand turns the sword.
Zheng Jianjun smiled after seeing it: "Yes, yes, I specialize in teaching actors this kind of thing."
Han Zhou held the scabbard while turning the sword, pulled out the sword, threw away the scabbard gracefully, made an Emei sword pointing gesture, and then stood still.
Zheng Jianjun's eyes lit up, he looked around at Han Zhou's movements and was surprised: "What kind of air is this?"
"This hand gesture feels very cool!"
Han Zhou: "The Emei sword points to you."
Zheng Jianjun was confused: "Emei, does the Emei sect still have this kind of swordsmanship? I've never seen it before."
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.
In this world, there is no such thing as the Emei Sword.
In previous lives, in almost every movie and TV series, as long as there was a sword action, there must be an Emei sword pointing action.
Hold the sword in your right hand and hold it flat or backhand, and hold the index and middle fingers of your left hand together like a point-acupoint hand.
This kind of action has become a widespread and iconic action in fighting scenes.
In my previous life, I was a bad actor. Even in some scenes where I was performing Tai Chi Sword or Bagua Sword and Bodhidharma Sword, the martial arts instructor would arrange this action.
Again, it saves trouble and is effective.
Zheng Jianjun looked left and right: "Two more?"
Han Zhou laughed happily: "These are the moves I prepared for the next TV series. I can't teach you."
"If you teach these moves to other crew members, wouldn't that make me an enemy?"
Hearing what Han Zhou said, Zheng Jianjun knew that even if he promised not to spread the word, he would not be able to see Han Zhou's original tricks. After all, he was half an industry insider himself.
"Forget it, Teacher Han, just teach Chang He how to be an actor. I won't ask about your business secrets. But if you have already started filming, can I come to your crew to learn?"
Han Zhou thought for a moment: "That's okay. I'll contact you when the time comes."
"What kind of movements do you usually teach actors?"
Zheng Jianjun took the sword: "Take a look."
After saying that, Zheng Jianjun started to play tricks.
To be precise, Zheng Jianjun's sword skills are still martial arts routines.
But one thing is that countless routines can only be seen from a flat perspective.
As for the routines performed by Zheng Jianjun, some movements are obviously suitable for looking down, and some are suitable for looking up.
Also, it’s chic.
Although Zheng Jianjun is too strong and doesn't look too chic, if he uses the same movements with a handsome young actor and adds fluttering long clothes in ancient costume, the effect will definitely be better.
Han Zhou is interested in Zheng Jianjun, maybe he can be poached!
After Zheng Jianjun finished two sets of moves, Han Zhou smiled and said, "I have a suggestion."
Zheng Jianjun wiped his sweat: "What?"
Han Zhou took advantage of Zheng Jianjun to wipe his sweat and took the sword into his hand: "Chang He's name is not suitable for his development in this industry. Let's change his name."
"It's called...Xiaolong."
As he said that, Han Zhou looked at Zheng Jianjun: "Old Zheng, where did you buy this sword?"
Zheng Jianjun looked at Han Zhou: "Oh, this sword... Director Han, I'll give this sword to you. I think you're pretty good at turning the sword with both hands. I'll definitely make a martial arts movie in the future, so this sword will be my choice."
It’s a training tool.”
Not far away, Ye Man couldn't stand it anymore.
Han Zhou has obtained this sword. If there is a zombie crew filming downstairs next time... then he must not chop melons and vegetables?!
horrible!
…
Chen Xiaoyong pushed the camera and was very focused.
Under the lens~
It was dusk and there were no lights on in the room.
Only the fire pond shines.
"You know, you made us four scientists completely unable to think clearly. Maybe we were played by you? I can't find any loopholes in what you said."
Everyone was very depressed.
Historian in jeans: "Gulang, did you ever or do you still have some kind of belief?"
When this topic came up, everyone got excited again and looked at Gu Lang.
Han Zhou, who played Gu Lang, nodded and sat next to the fire.
Half of the face is very clear in the light of the fire, while the other half is in the shadow, tracing the outline.
"Yes."
"Although ancestor worship had not yet occurred in the era when I was born, at that time we all had respect for things we did not understand, such as the heaven, earth, sun and moon. Our ignorance transformed what we saw into belief."
"The ignorance I am talking about is not ignorance, but a lack of knowledge."
"Later in my life, I also found new beliefs, some that were more logical and transcended primitive worship."
Liu Xi, who plays a girl, is always very curious: "I guess you used to be a witch doctor and a priest!"
Gu Lang looked at the female Chinese scholar with a smile: "In fact, during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Confucianism refers to the clergy responsible for funerals, and can also be understood as witch doctors and witchcraft."
"In the era of various schools of thought, Mohism was very opposed to extremely complicated funeral rituals, so in the subsequent historical inheritance, the Confucian inheritance was stripped into three parts."
"Part of it was regarded as a bloody, cruel and ignorant backward burial system, and was banned by Qin Shihuang."
"Part of it was passed down as ancestor worship, and combined with some of the essence of Taoism to form the current ancestor worship culture, which is still a common custom among all Chinese people."
"There is also a third part, which became Confucianism and has been passed down to the present."
When mentioning this passage, the historian was very interested. From behind the only sofa that had not been moved, he put his hands on the back of the sofa and leaned forward: "Let's talk about myths. In that era, myths were born.
What kind of era is it?"
"You must have experienced this era. Have you come into contact with a certain character in mythology? Or...are you one of them?"
The female professor who is a Chinese scholar and a Taoist believer waved her hand: "No, don't talk about this."
Gu Lang also lowered his head: "Let's skip this topic."
The biologist was very excited: "How can you skip this topic? You can't skip it, otherwise you can't convince me to believe everything you say."
The female student looked at Gu Lang: "Are you Emperor Yan? Shennong? You have so much knowledge. It would make sense if the story of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs appeared to you."
Gu Lang recounted easily: "In ancient times, more than 4,700 years ago, the earth began to warm up, and I moved further north, which is now called the north of the Central Plains."
"At that time, three great leaders were born: Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou."
"I have experienced six thousand years of life. I am tired of fighting and have avoided this era. I only know that the Yellow Emperor was a great man. Many technologies and items that are still in use today spread from his tribe to
Almost the whole of China."
"In ancient times, we would observe animals, such as dogs, looking for traces of herbal treatments after being injured, and learn about the efficacy of drugs. During the reign of Emperor Yan, the first great person in history to conduct drug experiments was born, and he was even more
It's admirable that he used himself as a guinea pig."
"They came from an era older than the Age of Mythology, and later, in the Age of Mythology, these historical figures gradually became members of the myth."
The historian suddenly asked: "Have you read the original version of the Tao Te Ching? Or, in other words, how did people 2,600 years ago understand the Tao Te Ching?"
Gu Lang was silent for a second: "Let's avoid this topic."
"Don't talk about this."
Biologist: "Have you... lived in this era and been one of them? Are you... Yin Xi? Did you witness Lao Tzu's departure from Hangu Pass in the west?!"
Han Zhou: "Zhuangzi once said: A perfect man has no self, a god has no merit, and a saint has no name."
The historian who understood this sentence immediately became excited: "I knew you were me! You are Lao Dan!"
The elderly female professor, a Chinese scholar and Taoist believer, collapsed: "I know it, I know it, I know it!"
She clenched her fists: "I knew he would say that..."
Anthropologist: "But according to legend, I was born with an old look, but you always maintain the appearance of a thirty-year-old and stay young forever. It's just the opposite."
Gu Lang: "The original meaning of the word Lao Dan is not the appearance of old age."
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When the time came, I entered the new book list. It reached the second place at the highest and remained at the third or fourth place. The main reason was that other old authors were giving rewards, and there were also people who were listed on the new book list in the second or third week of the new book, but they really didn't rush to the top.