In the horse farm next to the Ming and Qing Palaces, a thin man wearing a black tight-fitting vest was galloping around the field on a brown horse. A stout man next to him had his hands clasped in a trumpet shape and shouted worriedly.
"Hush!"
I saw the man on horseback tightening the reins, and the horse neighed. Although it was not as exaggerated as the horse on TV with its front hooves raised high into a standing position, the horse also raised its front hooves slightly, and the man on the horse clearly leaned back.
In this posture, as the horse's front hoofs hit the ground, a slightly exaggerated forward lean came to a steady stop.
The man wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at the stout man who hurried over to help rein in the reins: "How is it, Lao Wang, are you riding well?"
The sturdy man named Lao Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief, gave a thumbs up and said: "Niu! Teacher He, this is the first time I have seen someone learn to ride a horse so quickly. At your current level, it is impossible to do a movie."
There’s no need for a substitute.”
Teacher He heard that Lao Wang's compliment was obviously very helpful. He laughed, then swung his tail like a scorpion, swung off his horse with a neat movement, threw the reins in his hand to Lao Wang and said: "You have worked hard these days, I will treat you to a drink tonight."
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In fact, riding a horse is similar to riding a bicycle or hanging a wire. As long as you master the balance well, you can learn with twice the result with half the effort. Teacher He has gone from being a beginner to being able to gallop on horseback and even do a few fancy moves.
It took less than a week.
Lao Wang hesitated for a moment and said: "Your status is too conspicuous outside. If you don't mind it, come to my house in the evening. I'll ask my family to prepare some good dishes, and we can have a drink!"
"Oh, that's so embarrassing!"
"It's okay, it's okay. You can come to my house to give me face. Otherwise, it's settled like this?"
"Sure, then I won't be polite."
Seeing that he agreed, Lao Wang was obviously very happy and said hurriedly: "Teacher He, if a big star like you can come to my house for a drink, I can boast about it for a whole year."
Teacher He smiled and waved his hand, saying: "It's not so exaggerated, we can be considered friends, don't you think so?"
"That's right! That's right! Then I will climb high..."
After joking with the owner of the racecourse, the crew members waiting nearby quickly brought over their coats to avoid catching a cold accidentally and delaying the filming, which would be a big deal.
Among the main actors in the crew, none of them are supported by various assistants and managers. He Xin is the only one who always walks alone. He probably can't even stand the sight of the producer Chen Hong.
, thought he was embarrassed, and specially arranged for a crew member to follow him and wait for his disposal.
He Xin was originally not used to having people around him, but since it was the proprietress's kindness, he couldn't refuse it outright. Moreover, the young man from Xi'an named Lu Xiao in front of him was quite discerning, and he would never be an eyesore in front of him when nothing happened.
He took care of all the trivial things very well.
This young man is a drifter from Beijing. He first worked as an extra by squatting in front of the Beijing Film Studio, and later took a refresher course at Nortel. Maybe he got along well, and he worked his way from an extra to a set manager on the set of "The Promise".
"Xiao Lu, come over tonight too!" Lao Wang saw Lu Xiao and extended an invitation enthusiastically.
"Boss Wang, I'm not suitable!" Lu Xiao hurriedly declined, and at the same time glanced at He Xin, obviously asking for advice.
"Let's go together. The more people there are, the more lively it will be. Besides, my drinking capacity is not enough for Lao Wang even if I drink ten." He Xin said with a smile.
In fact, the boss of the racecourse, Wang, has quite a connection with Director Chen. When Director Chen was filming "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" here, he was the equestrian coach who came with the crew. During the filming, he met a local girl.
, he didn’t leave after filming. He married a wife and had children here, and also contracted the horse farm next to the Ming and Qing Palace. Now with more and more film crews coming to Dahengdian for filming, Boss Wang’s small life is very good.
It's a coincidence that Boss Wang and Ning Hao are from the same hometown. He Xin's hometown was Huairen when He Xin was filming "Incense" early last year. The folk customs in that place are simple and honest, which left a good impression on He Xin at the beginning. In addition,
During this period of time, I learned horse riding from Lao Wang, and we got along quite well with him.
It has been almost half a month since he came to Hengdian. This period of time has been extremely relaxing for him. On the one hand, there are not many scenes. He has only filmed less than ten scenes in total so far, and they are all night scenes.
So basically nothing happens during the day.
Every day I basically go for a jog in the Hengdian International Conference Center, which is like a forest park, come here to learn how to ride a horse, or go to the filming set to observe and observe. I was so busy that I even learned a routine from the action director Lin Di'an on the set.
It is said that apart from exercising, it has no practical effect.
His little life was very leisurely, but the filming of the crew was always stumbling and not smooth at all. For example, the weather, Director Chen's filming of "The Promise" required the weather to be sunny, but in April in Jiangnan, it always rained every now and then.
Due to the weather, filming has been intermittent.
In addition, the irregularity and defection of extras also made Director Chen extremely annoyed.
In the past, He Xin worked with small crews, and the staff structure was relatively simple. Although some bloody things happened from time to time, compared with the huge investment and large-scale crew of "The Promise", they were nothing.
The reason for the uneven quality of extras is mainly because the crew originally had an agreement with the Screen Actors Guild in Hengdian, and the extras must use the personnel provided by them. But the quality of the extras provided by the Screen Actors Guild can be imagined, and the crew works every day
The fee paid was 40 yuan per person, but the actual extras received were only 18 yuan.
Moreover, Chen Hong is both an actor and a producer, and it is his first time to control such a large crew. It is inevitable that there will be opportunities for omissions to take advantage of the people under him. For example, the food for the extras is very poor.
Also, the black robes worn by the extras are of very poor quality and tend to fade when exposed to the sun. However, Director Chen is an extremely sensitive and demanding director about color, so in order to maintain the color of the clothes, the costume designer of the crew put
The results are obvious. On the one hand, the ink can easily stain the extras' own clothes. On the other hand, when the clothes painted with ink are exposed to the sun, the smell will be extremely pungent.
In addition, the crew's attitude towards the extras was very poor, and they often scolded and cursed them, which led to the defection of a large number of extras. After all, the crew of "The Promise" was filming in Hengdian at this time, and there was also "Beijing Four" starring Liu Xiaoqing.
"Young Master", "The Palace of the Qing Dynasty" starring Fu Biao, "The Legend of Li Ji" by Qin Hailu, "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" by He Bin, etc., all require a large number of extras.
Moreover, those who left were those with a better image, and those who were left behind in the end were all the crooked melons and jujubes that others did not want. At this time, Director Chen became anxious. Not only did he increase the cost of the extras to 60 yuan a day, he also promised to try his best to
By improving the food, we managed to retain some people.
However, problems still arise one after another. First of all, the obedience of these extras is very poor. Just arranging a formation every day and fighting between the red and white sides is very strenuous to rehearse. During the actual filming, due to problems with the extras, it would go NG every time.
Many times.
What makes Director Chen even more intolerable is that almost every day we find incidents where extras bring cameras to the set in an attempt to take secret photos. You must know that in order to prevent secret filming, the crew not only surrounded the entire Qin Palace, but also even surrounded the Qin Palace next to it.
There are also fences set up on the mountain and dedicated personnel are responsible for patrolling.
Director Chen finally couldn't bear it anymore and finally fired all the hundreds of extras sent by the Screen Actors Guild a few days ago, and spent huge sums of money to hire 400 armed police soldiers from Hangzhou.
Come to think of it, the National Master had the foresight back then! The armed police soldiers he invited were far superior to the previous rabble not only in terms of appearance, temperament and mental outlook.
Director Chen was so happy to see Hunter, he personally directed the extras to line up for the past two days. When He Xin went to the scene yesterday afternoon, he saw Director Chen wearing a straw hat and a black Adi, and he was calm and sophisticated in his on-the-spot planning.
, The posture is powerful and accurate, and the general is full of demeanor!
What makes the crew even more worry-free is that the troops are responsible for their own food and lodging, and they lay down the floor in the Qin Palace at night. Early in the morning, as the wake-up call was blown, the soldiers shouted slogans and performed morning exercises in the Qin Palace Square, accompanied by the sound of curling up.
Smoke.
After breakfast, the soldiers collectively changed into their costumes. They lined up to play the roles of silver-helmeted, black-robed soldiers and red-helmeted, red-robed soldiers. The silver-helmeted soldiers were the troops of Northern Duke Wu Huan, while the red-helmeted soldiers were the troops of General Guangming.
.The costumes of the soldiers with silver helmets and red helmets are complex, grand, and highly fantasy-like. They are decorated with patterns from chest to toes, and the weapons in their hands are also various, including "gold finger knives" and "crescent shovels."
"Long sticks and swords" and so on. The shots taken by the silver-helmeted and red-helmeted soldiers were mainly about practicing formations, either square formations or rhombus formations, with neat formations, neat and meticulous appearance.
At the end of the filming, after the soldiers had changed their clothes after a hard day's work, they always sang a few songs under the command of the leading officer. After singing "I am a Soldier", they sang "Returning from Target Shooting". Loud and exciting singing.
The echoes in the sky above the Qin Palace became a highlight in the boring daily shooting. Even the mood of the crew who were busy finishing their work was affected by the singing.
This morning when He Xin met Lin Di'an, the action instructor in the team, he heard him humming the tune of "Return from Target Shooting".
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In the temporary shed set up in the Magic King City, two figures, one black and one red, were flying around. The ghost wolf who had betrayed Wu Huan was fighting a battle with Wu Huan, who was wearing flower armor.
This battle has been filmed for several nights. The main thing is to constantly adjust the various fighting movements to make the scene more intense and exciting. Of course, the difficult movements have martial arts brothers as stand-ins, and the simple movements only have two martial arts brothers.
The lead actor did it himself. However, despite this, the two of them still had some stumblings in their fight, and an accident would always cause the other party to suffer a small loss.
At this time, they saw two people separated by a screen. He Xin waved the snake-shaped sword in his hand and split the screen into two pieces. However, he was accidentally grabbed by King Xie Bi. He was wearing a black feather robe with a peacock on it.
Flower feather belt.
He Xin suddenly looked horrified, and it was obviously too late to reach out and try to snatch the strap back. King Xie Bi grabbed the feather strap in his hand, raised his head slightly, raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "It's over, as long as I pull it gently
This and the belt..."
As he spoke, he raised the gold-fingered red tassel gun in his hand, and then he realized that the golden index finger on it had been cut off by He Xin's sword just now. The scene where King Xie was pretending to be cool suddenly became a little embarrassing.
, his face suddenly darkened, and when he was about to tug hard on the feather belt in his hand...
"Card!"
Director Chen shouted stop again.
This time he ran over in person and gave King Xie a demonstration: "It's best to have some comedy in this plot. Your expression should gradually change, and finally become angry from shame, okay?"
After filming for such a long time, among the two Hong Kong superstars, Xie Biwang was far inferior in understanding of acting and Zhang Baizhi was too much. He was NGed the most times during filming.
However, since the last "scary" incident in the side hall, Director Chen's attitude towards him has changed significantly. He pays special attention to King Xie Bi and always guides him patiently every time.
King Xie is not a fool, and he clearly feels the director's care for him. Although every repeated NG makes him tired and even unhappy, he will work hard once the filming starts.
But whenever He Xin saw this scene, he would inevitably mutter in his heart, wouldn't Director Chen regard King Xie as the former Leslie Cheung?