353 'Invisible Wings' and the Combination of Sketch King Famous Terriers
January 1, 2003, New Year's Day
Cao Xuan continued to film on the set of "When Men Are in Love", while Hu Jing returned to the capital to participate in the first round of Spring Festival Gala rehearsals.
The Spring Festival in 2003 is very similar to that in 2022. New Year's Eve is at the end of January and Spring Festival is on February 1. The rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala began as early as December.
As one of the pillars of the Spring Festival Gala, Cao Xuan can be exempted from the first two rounds or even the first three rounds of rehearsals, of course, the premise is that the program passes.
Hu Jing, a newcomer, is not treated so well. Even with Cao Xuan's face, five rounds of rehearsals are inevitable.
This affected the filming of the film to a certain extent, but there was no way. The Spring Festival Gala still meant a lot to Hu Jing, and the crew had to cooperate and make concessions. Fortunately, they were all from the same family and could coordinate.
Hu Jing left on New Year's Day, and when she came back on the 3rd, she brought an acquaintance with her. Cao Xuan went up to greet him with a hug.
"Welcome Teacher Zhao."
Zhao Benshan, who was still quite fashionably dressed in private, glanced at the surroundings: "This environment is good, and the location is quite good."
"Let's go and see the crew first. My master is here too. Let's have some seafood tonight."
"Okay, I haven't seen Brother Xuejian for a long time. I need to drink something later."
The few of them chatted and laughed before going to the set. After meeting Li Xuejian, the two old acquaintances reminisced about the past, Cao Xuan took the time to come to Hu Jing's side and brushed the dead leaves on the road from his down jacket.
"How's it going? Did the rehearsal go well?"
"smoothly."
Hu Jing glared at her angrily and complained slightly: "How many people did you call? Good guy, not long after I arrived backstage, half of the people from the Spring Festival Gala came.
Teacher Zhao, Teacher Liu Huan, Teacher Tian Zhen, Sister Sun Yue, Sister Tan, Teacher Peng, Director Kang, and the host Teacher Ni Ping took turns to see me, and the editor-in-chief who contacted me for the program was almost scared to death."
There were complaints on her lips, but Hu Jing couldn't help but smile halfway through her words.
Thinking again of the Spring Festival Gala artists backstage who almost treated her as a "younger sister", I couldn't help but blush a little.
"It's my first time going to the Spring Festival Gala, and I didn't go with you. Why don't you find more people to look after you?"
Cao Xuan took it for granted. He basically didn't need the contacts he had accumulated at the Spring Festival Gala over the years. After all, his wife had to go to the Spring Festival Gala, so she couldn't do anything about it.
"How is the show? What do the directing team think?"
"The director rated it very highly. He thought the song "Invisible Wings" has a good meaning and is nice to listen to."
"Well, that's good. Practice more usually. Although the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala song is audio lip-syncing, the singing is real on the spot. The typhoon needs to be more stable."
Cao Xuan was relieved, Hu Jing was very popular, and the song "Invisible Wings" he chose was even more popular.
It can be called one of the most popular songs in 2006, or even one of the most popular.
At that time, Xiao Zhou, Lin Junjie, Wang Lihong, and Master Luo were known as the Four Little Heavenly Kings. Cai Yilin, Rainie Yang, Fan Weiqi and other new generation queens were so popular, but they were overwhelmed by this song.
To be honest, if Cao Xuan hadn't been unsuitable for this song, he would have sung it himself. He wouldn't give it to anyone else, so he had to ask his wife to sing it.
As for the original singer Zhang Shaohan, it doesn't matter. Although Boss Cao is a thief, he still has some humanity and will definitely pull him in if he can.
She is very popular, her songs are of good quality, and she is still lip-synching. As long as Hu Jing doesn’t do a microphone stand on her head during the Spring Festival Gala live broadcast, there will basically be no problem, and there is a high possibility of her success.
Cao Xuan was relieved and asked Hu Jing to go back to the hotel to rest while he went to entertain the guest Lao Zhao.
Lao Zhao is here as a guest this time.
He is different from Cao Xuan. Although he is also a big star of the Spring Festival Gala, due to the different nature of language programs and songs, the rehearsal stage is much more troublesome than Cao Xuan, so when preparing for the Spring Festival Gala, he usually stays in the capital.
This time because of Hu Jing, Cao Xuan called Lao Zhao to help take care of her. During the period, they talked about the movie.
It just so happened that Lao Zhao had a headache due to the rehearsal and was planning to find a place to relax for two days. He took the initiative to come over to visit the cast and make a guest appearance. They helped, but Cao Xuan couldn't kick him out, so he went to find a screenwriter overnight to write a scene for Lao Zhao.
The King of Sketch came to make a cameo, it would be a pity just to show his face. If he didn’t find a good joke, it would be a shame for Zhao to go so far.
That night, Cao Xuan hosted a banquet for Lao Zhao. He drank less. Li Xuejian had a throat disease and refused to drink. The main person accompanying him was Huang Bohe, a producer from Dao City.
However, Lao Zhao is not a good drinker. He is a veteran of the wine shop. When he was drinking at the home court of Lu Province, he could outdrink a car. Two or three people could not outgrow him.
In any case, although Huang Bo was drunk and laid down in the end, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves so much that they took it easy all morning and started filming Lao Zhao's guest scene the next afternoon.
………
The plot was added temporarily. It was probably that the male protagonist was interested in the female protagonist. He started following the female protagonist from the hospital the next day. When he saw that the female protagonist was troubled by money, he planned to help her and asked her out on the pretext of discussing debt.
Because he was blocked by a small accident on the way to follow, Cao Xuan lost track of him. He only saw the heroine entering the two-story tube building in front of him, but he didn't know which household it was.
Naturally, he looked at Lao Zhao who was sitting on a horse and basking in the sun downstairs.
Lao Zhao put on old age makeup and his face looked honest and honest, like a black man without a hat.
"Uncle, where does Ning Ruomei live?"
Lao Zhao looked confused, as if he didn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"
Cao Xuan raised his voice and repeated: "Uncle, which floor and number is Ning Ruomei's house on?" Gu
Old Zhao looked at Cao Xuan with a simple smile: "Ning Mei."
Cao Xuan frowned and raised his voice another octave: "Ning Ruomei!"
Lao Zhao's expression became more and more innocent, and he shouted as if he heard him: "Ning Ruo, what are you doing?"
Cao Xuan gritted his teeth and raised his voice again, almost breaking his throat: "Ning Ruomei... cough cough!"
"oh."
Old Zhao suddenly nodded, and before Cao Xuan's face showed joy, Old Zhao still showed Heitu's honest and honest smile, and struck a fatal blow.
"What Ruomei?"
"Okay, old man, if you're cruel, I'll find it myself."
Cao Xuan left angrily, and the scene ended. There were still a few more scenes with Lao Zhao in the follow-up.
One of them is that after Cao Xuan and Hu Jing fell in love, they were fighting and making trouble, and the old man downstairs couldn't bear the disturbance and ran up to scold them.
"Ning Ruomei, can you two go home to Tiwai? My grandson is still young."
This can be regarded as filling a hole, pretending to be deaf in the front, but in the back you can even hear the young couple's private words, creating a contrasting effect.
Although this paragraph is based on "Charlotte", due to the different plot, it cannot be copied.
"Charlotte's Trouble" is about shaking off the baggage. The old man played by Zhao Benshan here is actually seeing Cao Xuan being arrogant and thinks he is a little gangster pestering the heroine. He deliberately pretends to be stupid and warns her.
Later, it was discovered that the two people knew each other, and Cao Xuan even attended the funeral as his future son-in-law, and was regarded as a good person, so the old man showed his true colors.
Playing with jokes is just fun, the details and logic still need to be considered clearly.
The old man in "Charlotte's Trouble" was a temporary guest star from a passerby who was watching the excitement. What stood out was his real character and his own confusion, which inadvertently created a good effect.
Lao Zhao's version is a little different from the old man. The old man pretends to be stupid and deceives people. Under his honest appearance, there is a certain peasant-style simplicity and cunning. This is Lao Zhao's specialty.
Coupled with Lao Zhao's mastery of comedy performances, he just wanted to make people laugh without having to act at all.
But when he gets rid of the burden, the same lines, spoken in a weak tone with a slight northeastern accent, are more laughable than ordinary people.
Even Cao Xuan had to admit that when the two played against each other, all the limelight was stolen by Lao Zhao. The few scenes and frames were all the highlights.
Cao Xuan has no doubt that although Lao Zhao does not appear for more than five minutes in total, he is definitely one of the most impressive characters in the entire movie.
This cameo is really worth asking and will definitely add luster to the movie.
If it weren't for the fear that the character would steal the limelight and cause the plot to deviate, Cao Xuan would have arranged for Lao Zhao to play a scene in which the male protagonist is depressed and Lao Zhao comforts him.
"Where did your original hair shape go? Young people need to be frightened."
………
Lao Zhao performed the show for two days. He had a great time, had a great time, and went back comfortably.
The crew also started the second half of the plot, more than 70% of which are Cao Xuan's highlight scenes, including being beaten, crying, talking to himself, and having fierce rivalry scenes with Hu Jing, Li Xuejian, and Ni Dahong.
The high-intensity filming made Cao Xuan completely immersed in the scene and fully committed to the role. When he was at his most serious, he couldn't help crying when he saw Hu Jing.
And in order to be closer to the appearance of some released from prison and terminally ill patients, Cao Xuan began to lose weight rapidly from the second half of the film.
He lost nearly 10 pounds in just half a month. Although he is still not weak, he is somewhat thinner than normal. He is also weak due to the side effects of losing weight, which is very helpful for his character status.
As the saying goes, you can't live without being crazy. Cao Xuan's efforts, although not crazy, are still the most devoted characters he has been in the industry for several years.
He originally had good talent and acting skills, but with such dedication and the personal supervision of his master Li Xuejian, Hu Jing, his biggest rival, became a lover with great tacit understanding and sparkle.
Cao Xuan's overall performance status is getting better and better, and his performance in some highlights even surprised Li Xuejian, Ni Dahong and others.
On January 25, the movie "When Men Are in Love" was wrapped. At the wrapping party, Chen Kexin looked at Cao Xuan, who had a crew cut and had lost a lot of weight, and gave her own evaluation again.
"Cao Sheng, among the actors under 30 years old in the entertainment industry, you are the best I have ever seen."
Perhaps realizing that Cao Xuan disapproved of his evaluation, he specifically added: "I mean it sincerely."
"What about singing?"
After the scene was finished, Cao Xuan, who had more or less walked out of the scene, asked with a smile, and Chen Kexin gave a thumbs up.
"You are the most powerful in the entire Chinese music scene."
"Hahaha."
The most powerful but not the best. Cao Xuan didn't know if Chen Kexin was being naughty or not, but he still raised his glass and clinked it with him.
"It was a pleasure to cooperate with me this time. If I have the opportunity in the future, I hope to continue to cooperate with Director Chen."
"Me too, I wish Cao Sheng a great box office success."
