Chapter 586: The Love and Killing of the Crew of 'Let the Bullets Fly'
Changqing Film and Television Base, the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly"
Uncle Ge lay leisurely on the sofa in the lounge, chatting with Fa Ge with a sincere face, trying to trick people into going to the capital to try the authentic Beijing bean juice some other day.
Jiang Wen, who was sitting in the corner, had a sulky look on his face, and Zhang Ze next to him didn't even dare to breathe.
Sha Yi, who plays Hu Wan, had just finished filming a scene and walked into the lounge wearing night clothes.
When he saw this scene, he ignored Zhang Ze's look for help and ignored the seat next to Jiang Wen. He moved a small pony to squeeze next to Yan Ni who was playing on her mobile phone and asked quietly.
"Nier, what's wrong with that one?"
Yan Ni put down her phone, glanced at Jiang Wen quickly, and replied in a low voice.
"I got into trouble with Zuo Zuo again and insisted on adding words. Zuo didn't agree and got angry."
After hearing this, Sha Yi suddenly understood.
This is actually nothing new. The crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" has been filming for more than a month, and Jiang Wen and Zuo Le don't know how many times they have argued over disagreements.
It was only at this time that everyone understood why Jiang Wen had the nickname "Player".
This person is very independent in filming. He has his own ideas about the plot, lines and even the shooting plan, and he hopes that the director will film according to his own ideas.
This approach is actually somewhat overstepping the boundaries of what you can do.
An ordinary director might have tolerated it if he couldn't offend Jiang Wen, but who is Zuo Le? He is the invisible leader in the entertainment industry today.
So he wasn't used to Jiang Wen at all.
If Jiang Wen's opinion is useful, he will follow it, but if Jiang Wen thinks differently from him.
Sorry, this crew member's last name is Zuo.
Drama tyrant?
He, Zuo Le, has been in the industry for ten years and has built up a business through hard work. He does not just have people pointing his nose at him and telling him how to film.
Jiang Wen is very important, and is even the best choice for Zhang Mazi in Zuo Le's "Let the Bullets Fly", but this does not mean that Zuo Le will compromise everywhere.
If you can change people, you can change people, but if you can't, the movie won't be made.
Therefore, Jiang Wen, who is used to being a drama star, hit the wall with "Let the Bullets Fly" this time.
He is domineering, Zuo Le is even more domineering than him.
Jiang Wen can't stop acting just yet. Let's not say that he can't let go of the role of Zhang Mazi. Even if he could, he wouldn't dare.
Going on strike would mean breaking up with Zuo Le, and given Shanhe's current size and influence, he would try his best to retaliate. Even he wouldn't be able to resist it, and his vitality would probably be severely damaged.
After all, capital is king in the entertainment industry. Zuo Le is kind to others, but that doesn't mean he has no temper. Jiang Wen is also an old man, and he doesn't want to personally test the skills of this richest man in the entertainment industry.
Therefore, the daily life of the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" became Jiang Wen giving advice every day.
Zuo Le accidentally adopted it, and Jiang heard about it and returned home victorious.
But if Zuo Le doesn't accept it, Jiang Wen will argue hard, but most of the time he will still be sternly rejected and can only come back to sulk.
Faced with this situation, everyone initially tried to dissuade her, fearing that there would be internal strife among the crew.
But later on, it happened too many times, and seeing that Zuo Le and Jiang Wen had a tacit understanding, no one took care of it, and some people even secretly watched the show.
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"Nier, what are you looking at?"
Sha Yi lost interest in Jiang Wen and instead looked at Yan Ni's phone curiously. They had known each other for many years and there was no need to be polite. Ask whatever you wanted.
"Some news, director Kong's "Parental Love" has started shooting, and Li Zi and Duan Long are being interviewed."
"pear?"
"It's her. She plays the female lead and the male lead is Duan Long."
"That's not right. I heard before that Song Jia is not scheduled to play the role of Li Zi in "The Great Qin Empire"."
"Song Jia was booked first, but I read in the news that Song Jia seems to be filming a movie, and the schedule couldn't be moved, so she gave it to Li Zi."
"My dear, Lizi is so lucky. "Parental Love" is Director Kong's new work, and even Director Zuo has praised it. Plus, the second part of "The Qin Empire" will make Lizi a movie queen next year."
"The hope is not small. In the past few years, Jinfeng's directors Zuo and Kong have the highest award-winning rate for their works. They have two films in a row, and there is also "The Rise of the Qin Empire", so the list is stacked up."
Yin Li was born in Kongwen and graduated from military arts. She was an old colleague and schoolmate of Sha Yi and Yan Ni.
Coupled with the relationship the three of them had accumulated in dramas such as "Wulin Gaiden", "The Story of Cooking Class 2" and "Enter Guandong", the two of them are sincerely happy that Yin Li has a bright future.
Especially Yan Ni, when she first became the first sister of Shanhe, she was optimistic that Yin Li would take over. She didn't expect that Shui Miaomiao would come out of nowhere and dominate everyone, and she has been doing so for so many years.
It wasn't until Shui Miaomiao put her energy into movies that Yin Li and others could make their mark.
Seeing how strong Shui Miaomiao is now, sometimes Yan Ni feels lucky.
Fortunately, she became famous earlier, got ahead of her, and became the first sister of Shanhe. Then she retreated bravely and escaped in time to avoid a head-on conflict with Shui Miaomiao.
Otherwise, Yan Ni really couldn't imagine the scene in which she was overtaken by the juniors below and forcibly kicked her out of the position of the first sister.
However, although there was no direct conflict at the beginning, in today's "Let the Bullets Fly", two generations of Shanhe and one sister have come together, starting a fight for the heroine.
"Let the Bullets Fly" is undoubtedly a man's drama, but it is still embellished with two flowers.
The county magistrate's wife played by Yan Ni is one of them, and Sister Hua played by Shui Miaomiao is the other one.
These two flowers are more important in the movie. As for female characters such as Daiyu Qingwenzi, Sister "Tou", and the eight-year-old mother, their roles are too small to be considered as starring roles.
Zuo Le did not say which of the two characters, the county magistrate's wife and Sister Hua, is the heroine. The crew discussed it internally, but there was no debate on the outcome.
The county magistrate's wife plays a big role in the first scene, but the story behind Sister Hua plays a key role. It is also a difficult problem where the father-in-law is right and the mother-in-law is right.
Regarding the fight for the heroine, Yan Ni and Shui Miaomiao did not participate in it, but they were competing behind the scenes.
It’s not just a matter of face for the first sister of two generations of Shanhe, but more importantly, the quality of “Let the Bullets Fly” is excellent and it is very likely to win awards.
If your role is nominated, whether it is a heroine or not will determine whether you are nominated for Best Supporting Actress or Best Supporting Actress.
Thinking of this, Yan Ni put away her phone, took out the script from the bag next to her, and explained to Sha Yi's confused look.
"I have a night show in the evening, so I am familiar with the script."
"Okay, you can get busy."
Sha Yi didn't bother and took out his cell phone to scan his scarf.
A middle-aged man jumped off a building, oh, it turned out he was playing Bitcoin...
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It's night, Echeng County Government Office
In order to film "Let the Bullets Fly", Zuo Le took over most of the Changqing Film and Television Base in the Republic of China City, and specially renovated a Huang family watchtower, Echeng Street and other characteristic scenes.
In comparison, the county government is much simpler, and with a few changes, it meets Zuo Le's requirements.
In the scene filmed tonight, the protagonists are Yan Ni and Jiang Wen.
In the room inside the county government office, Zuo Le, Yan Ni, and Jiang Wen arranged the camera movements. The two actors briefly checked their words, and then the performance officially started.
Although Jiang Wen always had conflicts with Zuo Le, when it came to filming, he still acted meticulously according to Zuo Le's requirements.
This is also the reason why Zuo Le can tolerate him. He can quarrel and argue in private, and it doesn't matter if he gets angry. Zuo Le knows that his original intention is also for the good of the show, but the two parties have different ideas and requirements.
But when it came time to actually shoot, all the arguments would be put aside. As director Zuo Le, what he said was one thing, and changing scenes without permission on set was a taboo against him.
Not to mention being the Golden Dragon and Golden Phoenix double Grand Slam Best Actor, even with the three major European film festivals and Oscars, Zuo Le also told him to get out.
In fact, Jiang Wen wanted to play a trick at first, but found that as soon as his acting was wrong, Zuo Le immediately stopped the reshoot.
After reshooting three times, Zuo Le asked Jiang Wen to take a day off and switch to shooting scenes with other actors.
Only this time, Jiang Wen realized that this was Zuo Le's bottom line. Taking a day off was a warning. If he came back again, he would probably make Zuo Le go crazy.
Therefore, Jiang Wen calmed down and at least did not dare to do anything wrong during filming.
Even if he had any temporary ideas, he would always discuss them with Zuo Le. If Zuo Le disagreed, he would not make his own decision.
The plot filmed today is as follows. Ma Bangde, the mayor of Echeng County, played by Uncle Ge, was eating hot pot and singing, but was suddenly robbed by the gangster Zhang Mazi, played by Jiang Wen.
In order to survive, the county magistrate Mabondang pretended to be a master and persuaded Zhang Mazi to pretend to be the county magistrate and come to Echeng to make money.
In addition to the county magistrate who pretended to be a master, the county magistrate's wife also survived and followed Zhang Mazi into the city.
This woman is a transparent woman. She doesn't care who the county magistrate is, she only cares about whether she is the county magistrate's wife.
Zhang Mazi admired the county magistrate's wife very much. At the same time, in order to do a full set for the show, he worked overtime at night and stayed in the county magistrate's wife's room.
Shooting officially begins
Zhang Mazi, played by Jiang Wen, sat on the bed with a serious face, put one hand forward and said very sincerely.
"Madam, brother, I am only here to rob you of wealth, not sex. I am sharing the same bed with you, but not your body.
There is a gun here, if my brother does anything to offend my wife, you can kill me at any time."
There is nothing wrong with this line, it can even be said to be very upright.
But combined with the lens, it becomes more humorous.
When Zhang Mazi spoke solemnly, his hand kept touching the top of his conscience.
Well, the conscience of the county magistrate’s wife is high.
During this period, because I handed the gun to my wife, I also changed my hands and did a tactical one-handed alternating dribble.
Curry was silent and James shed tears after watching his skills.
Facing the pretentious Zhang Mazi, the county magistrate's wife was very calm. With the words "a husband and wife are a good couple for a day, a hundred days of kindness", Mazi immediately revealed his true colors and fell on top of his wife.
Yan Ni is also an old and powerful person. Although she is getting older, she is becoming more and more feminine. Her eyebrows are flowing, and she has the charming charm of a romantic mature woman very well.
"Anyway, I just want to be the county magistrate's wife. I don't care who the county magistrate is. Brother, you're welcome."
"Am I being polite?"
"You're welcome."
"Isn't that polite?"
"Haha, you are too polite."
"Then how can you be rude?"
"Get up and sit down."
Zhang Mazi stood up, and the county magistrate's wife took out a piece of yellow cloth, placed it on the bed, and took out items one by one from the box next to it.
The first one is a thick wooden stick.
The second one is the plane.
The third one is the smoking gun.
Fourth, scissors.
fifth, fader
Sixth, magnifying glass.
This is a metaphor of borrowing things, and the meaning is very simple. The county magistrate’s wife said that Zhang Mazi was too polite, and Zhang Mazi asked how to be rude.
The county magistrate's wife displays these items. Thick sticks and planes are for roughness, smoking guns are for rape, and scissors are for rape. This is the taste of the county magistrate's wife.
As for the last two items, the clipper is too small and the magnifying glass is too small, which means that the pockmark is too small.
Zhang Mazi understood the metaphor of the county magistrate's wife, broke through the defense, ran out of the room and doubted life, and later added a scene of the master secretly watching a joke.
The scene after the county magistrate's wife took out the items was suggested by Jiang Wen.
Zhang Mazi pretended to be a gangster and pretended to be an official. He wanted to get there immediately, but he ran into a wall and was tricked by the county magistrate's wife. The master knew what he was doing and watched his joke calmly.
This also means that the master and his wife do not think Zhang Mazi can be a good county magistrate.
But after Zhang Mazi took care of the martial arts people and showed his charisma, the county magistrate's wife took a liking to him and took the initiative to wait on the bed wearing a bellyband.
The master panicked at this time and used the unlucky words of the widow to persuade Zhang Mazi. Unfortunately, Zhang Mazi was very kind-hearted.
"She has become a widow, I can't...let her remain a widow anymore."
Well-founded, logical genius, and the legacy of Wei Wu!
Regarding Jiang Wen's suggestion about this scene, Zuo Le was noncommittal at the time, but agreed to try filming it.
Now that the filming is complete, Zuo Le feels that the effect is good, but he also feels that it is a bit verbose. Anyway, I will save it for now and decide whether to use it or not until later in the editing process.
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The movie "Let the Bullets Fly" has too many details. Even Zuo Le dare not say that he can completely restore them, so he can only try his best to shoot them.
Of the three leading actors, although Jiang Wen was not at ease, his acting skills were guaranteed and he performed the role Zuo Le wanted as Zhang Mazi.
Not to mention Fa Ge and Uncle Ge, especially Uncle Ge. The master played by him was so arrogant. In the later period, Zuo Le even completely gave up on Uncle Ge and let him play freely to see what this person can bring to him.
What a surprise.
Jiang Wen was very envious of Uncle Ge's treatment and demanded equal treatment, but Zuo Leniao didn't like him.
As a talented actor, Jiang Wen is actually as spiritual as Mr. Ge, but the key is that he is too spiritual and has great imagination.
Zuo Le gave Uncle Ge freedom because he believed that Uncle Ge had a bottom line and always centered around the character of Master?
But that's not necessarily the case for Jiang Wen. If he wasn't given a rein, Zuo Le was afraid that he would act like a pockmarked Zhang that neither the screenwriter nor the director could understand.
Therefore, Zuo Le gave Uncle Ge freedom and Fa Ge freedom, but always held Jiang Wen down.
As a result, the two fell in love on the set of "Let the Bullets Fly" for nearly three months.
At the breakup banquet on the day the crew wrapped up filming, Jiang Wen and Zuo Le drank too much. They pointed at each other's noses and swore to God.
If I ever film with this guy again, my surname will not be Zuo/Jiang...
Zuo Le remembered this sentence, but Jiang Wen, the shameless person, turned around and forgot.
Not two months after the filming of "Let the Bullets Fly" was completed, he came to Zuo Le and said that he had saved the script, planned to be the director himself, and wanted to get some investment from Zuo Le.
The name of Jiang Wen's new movie is "The Evil Will Not Suppress the Right", and there is also an alternate title
"The Diary of a Serious Man"
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ps: The part about the county magistrate’s wife’s belongings was not made up by me. It was a deleted scene from the movie. I thought it was quite interesting...
