Chapter 366: The Lonely Warrior - The God of Medicine Premiere
Just like Wang Changlin said, a person's reputation is accumulated over the years. It does not mean that someone says black is black or white is white.
Zhang Changnian's reputation did not happen overnight. Of course, Wang Changlin would say such a thing at this time, and his purpose must not be that simple.
But no one sympathized with Zhang Changnian because he had offended countless people over the years.
This is just a microcosm.
What's interesting is that Zhang Changnian is obviously used to it.
Although many people scolded Zhang Changnian, it was true that Li Yi avoided the battle this time.
Therefore, it is still a mystery how "I Am Not the God of Medicine" will perform and whether it can compete with "Flowers of War".
After all, before this, domestically produced films with realistic themes had won many awards, but there was indeed no precedent for them to be successful.
The last scene before Li Yi returned to China was also the most difficult scene in the entire film "A Dog's Purpose".
It is also the most clichéd scene, where a house is on fire and a loyal dog desperately saves the savior.
This can be considered the biggest "scene" in the entire movie.
It’s a very cliché routine, but no matter how many times I’ve used it, it’s still very popular among pet lovers.
Of course, when you watch the movie, you may feel that it is very real, as if the house was really burned down, and you really looked like you were escaping from the fire.
But in fact, the difficulty in filming this scene was not the fire at all.
Where is the fire?
Although fire scenes, special effects, and real fire are all commonly used shooting methods, in addition, there is also a fire scene, which is actually the most commonly used method in shooting, that is, using lenses, the light and shadow caused by burning newspapers, and camera light
When chasing, you can shoot the miraculous effect of the fire spreading.
This is the charm of light and shadow.
Looking from the monitor, you can see the deep night sky, shrouded in darkness, but somewhere on the ground, there are fires and smoke.
The picture is really deceptive, making people think it is really on fire.
But what about in reality?
It is the masterpiece of pyrotechnicians, this scene is like this.
Among the pyrotechnicists, one held a smoke machine to set off smoke, and the other picked up a newspaper wrapped in tin foil, faced the camera, and lit a fire.
Yes, there was actually no house burned. What was burned was just newspapers wrapped in tin foil, and there was just a brazier. The pyrotechnician next to him was in position with a fire extinguisher, so he could handle it anytime and anywhere. But he could still achieve that effect.
Of course, the main difficulty in filming here is that in this scene, the male protagonist played by Li Tongzhou was tied up with a quilt as a rope and sent the hostess down from upstairs little by little.
This is not over yet. Later, Li Tongzhou himself wants to jump down from the building.
Of course, the height is certainly not that high, just one floor high, but he cannot use props like before and must jump down by himself.
But there are wires hanging on.
Then the dog cared about its owner, barked, ran towards him, bit his clothes and dragged him out.
The difficult part of this scene is that it has to be shot in a coherent manner.
If anything goes wrong in any of them, you have to start over.
Moreover, when Li Tongzhou sent the hostess and the dog out together earlier, the fire was fake because it was a long shot.
But later on, when it comes to close-up shots of the fire spreading, the fire raging into the sky, and the fire snakes devouring every piece of wood in the house, it's impossible to use the same method here.
So if something is burned here, it is really burned!
However, the props that are burned are all specially made, but they are also dangerous to a certain extent.
Fortunately, for this scene, the crew started preparing early and took into account any possible problems. There were no unexpected incidents during the filming and it went very smoothly!
"Ka! This one passed!" Li Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.
After this scene was shot, the remaining scenes were not difficult at all.
Li Yi threw it directly to the assistant director and asked them to divide into two groups and continue shooting.
And he is about to return to China, and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is about to be released. Although there are big-name actors and actresses like Chen Wen to promote it, it's not a big deal that he, the director, has been away.
Lou Jianjun and Mu Nanxing have urged it several times.
I called almost every day, and it was a life-threatening series of calls!
After returning to China, Li Yi accepted a brief interview with reporters at the airport.
Naturally, I was asked about what Zhang Changlin said.
"I have nothing to say about him. On the one hand, I don't know him at all. If I had time, I might also play the piano to the 'cow', if this 'cow' is not too annoying and boring. But I
I don’t have time to do this now, I’m not as free as him, I’m busy filming.”
"As for whether you're a coward or not? There's no point in talking nonsense. You'll know that after watching the movie."
Time flies and June 30th comes.
Because "Flowers of War" has also been scheduled, it is naturally impossible for Li Yi to attend the premiere there.
Interestingly, the premieres of the two movies were held at the same time, and even the locations of the premieres were only two streets apart.
Beijing Times International Cinema.
The premiere of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
In fact, at the beginning, the original theme song of this movie was "Life is Like a Summer Flower", but in Li Yi's memory, there was a netizen's edited version of the short film "I'm Not the God of Medicine", and the song accompanying that version was
It's a song called "The Lonely Warrior".
Compared to the former, Li Yi prefers the latter!
Because Cheng Yong in "I'm Not the God of Medicine" also has the word "yong" in his name, and everything he does perfectly fits the song "The Lonely Warrior"!
And the key is that "The Lonely Warrior" is not only suitable for Cheng Yong, but also suitable for other characters in this film, such as the yellow-haired Peng Hao played by Li Tongzhou.
Therefore, the theme of this premiere is "The Lonely Warrior"!
Li Yi especially likes the sentence in it: Who said that only those who stand in the light are heroes!
Yes, Cheng Yong did not stand in the light, but isn’t he considered a hero?
As for the audience and guests who entered the theater, they all looked at each other in confusion as they listened to the song being played repeatedly in the theater.
Because, damn, why would a movie with a realistic theme have such a burning theme song?
What’s interesting is that tonight many people are faced with a choice question: go to the premiere of “Flowers of War” or the premiere of “I’m Not the God of Medicine”?
Xue Kaishan is one of them!
He received invitations from both sides.
But the arrogant Xue Kaishan brought his beloved wife Zhou Ning to "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
"Don't you like Li Yi? Why did you bring me here?" Zhou Ning said teasingly.
"I don't like Zhang Changnian even more!" Xue Kaishan glanced at her and said.
This shows how bad Zhang Changnian's reputation has become.
"Besides, I would like to see what in-depth films Li Yi, a young man, can make!" Xue Kaishan said arrogantly.
Zhou Ning knew that her husband was actually in a good mood.
Why?
Because neither Li Yi nor Li Zhanshan actually likes Xue Kaishan. There is nothing we can do about it. We are looking down upon each other!
But now, these two people he doesn't like are going crazy. Is there anything more joyful than this?
PS: I feel like "The Lonely Warrior" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" are very compatible!
Who said that only those who stand in the light are heroes! Isn’t it Cheng Yong or Peng Hao?
