Superstars start as villains

Chapter 163 The Ice-breaking Journey of Mainland Actors.

With the shooting of "Fuse", it seems to sound the clarion call for the revival of Xiangjiang's entertainment industry in 2007. An Le Film Investment, music king Jay Chou's first self-directed and self-acted film "Secrets That Can't Be Said" held a press conference.

Director Chen Musheng, starring Wu Jing, Nicholas Tse, and Shawn Yue announced the filming of the movie "The True Colors of a Man".

What made many Xiangjiang audiences talk about is that a movie called "Brothers' Life and Death Alliance" actually assembled: Andy Lau, Miu Qiaowei, Tang Zhenye, Huang Rihua, four former TVB Five Tigers, it is a pity that Tony Leung was due to the schedule. Unable to perform due to reasons.

Compared with the frequent movements of the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, the mainland entertainment circle has also been turbulent recently.

[Night Banquet] Neither the word of mouth nor the box office were satisfactory. Xiaogangpao was naturally unwilling. This time he set his sights on the theme of war. Although the Wang brothers were not very satisfied with this theme, but out of love for Xiaogangpao The dependence still helped Xiaogangpao get 8000 million investment.

Xiaogangpao seems to have learned the lesson of "Night Banquet". All the leading actors in this film are mainland actors. For a large-scale production with an investment of 8000 million, this is unprecedented.

In the current film market, it is generally believed that Hong Kong and Taiwan stars have more box office appeal than mainland stars. At the same level, the price of mainland stars is only one-tenth of the price of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, or even less, but investors often choose to use Hong Kong stars. Taiwan stars, and abandon mainland stars.

Why?Because when Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are selected for publicity, there are more things to watch, because the main consumer groups in the mainland film market are a group of people who grew up watching Hong Kong and Taiwan stars. They recognize Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, and the market naturally It is a cruel reality to recognize the value of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.

And what's even more unfair to mainland stars is that the more the investors invest in promoting Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, the more famous they will be and the more fans they will have. This is an almost unsolvable endless loop.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, Uncle Ge, as the actor with the most box office appeal in the Mainland, can naturally obtain a lot of publicity resources, but even so, Uncle Ge’s salary is only about 1200 million. All with Golden Armor] The salary is as high as 4000 million.

At this time, Xiaogangpao suddenly shot a blockbuster film with an investment of 8000 million yuan using pure mainland actors, which attracted not only the attention of the mainland media, but even the Xiangjiang media rushed to report.

In fact, the cast of [Assembly Number] is not shabby. Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Liao Fan, Hu Jun, Ren Quan, and Wang Baoqiang, except for Zhang Hanyu and Liao Fan, are all top-tier stars in the mainland. However, the salary of all the actors Add up, only 100 million.

That's right, it's 100 million. At this price, even an [-]th-tier star from Hong Kong and Taiwan can't afford it.

Of course, most of them are based on the influence of Xiaogangpao, but the bitterness of mainland actors can also be seen from it.

But in any case, this is an ice-breaking trip. It is not a day-old that Hong Kong and Taiwan stars have more box office appeal than mainland stars, and [Assembly] is like an icebreaker. Can it break this layer? Solid ice, to break those groundless rumors, let the market build confidence in mainland stars, in one fell swoop.

Xiangjiang Yuen Long, Nam Sang Wai.

[Fuse] The crew has been filming here for nearly a month and a half, and the process has not been smooth. Up until now, almost everyone has been injured.

This scene is the climax of the whole film, and it is also the essence, especially the last scene between Zhou Xing and Zhou Zhaolong. It is no exaggeration to say that if this scene is not shot well, the whole film will collapse directly up.

"What's the matter, Ah Xing? Don't be brave if you can't hold on." It stands to reason that as a director, Ye Weixin should hope to see the actors go all out, but for the sake of the film, he was a little scared, because the fighting scenes were too real. , in order to persist in filming, we had to hire traditional Chinese medicine to do massage for everyone between filming, so that we could persist in filming.

The palm of Zhou Xing's left hand was as swollen as a steamed bun. In the fighting scene just now, Kwan Zhaolong jumped up his high leg and slashed down on his left shoulder. As a result, he accidentally slammed on his palm. If Zhou Xing hadn't Xing reacted quickly, and used his elbow to support it. I'm afraid it's not as simple as massage.

"It's okay, I can still hold on." Zhou Xing glanced at the crew members present, gritted his teeth, and said, this movie was filmed today, so to put it bluntly, everyone is holding their breath and insisting. Suffering has to endure.

"Is it really possible?" Xiong Xinxin could tell at a glance that Zhou Xing was struggling.

Zhou Xing patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why mother-in-law, finish the filming earlier, so that everyone will suffer less, come on."

"Yeah." Xiong Xinxin beckoned to the martial arts at the side, and began to guide Zhou Xing and Kwan Zhaolong's next move. Don't look at the martial arts instructors as if they don't need to do it themselves. In fact, they have to demonstrate every move. These days No less injuries.

"Aaron, you just rush out of the room, kick your legs like this, and then throw your fist like this." Xiong Xinxin demonstrated the movements with Wu Xing. This shot is a long shot and needs to be shot to the end, so it is very difficult to shoot. Demonstrated several times in a row, the most difficult of which is the lock technique and unlocking action of guillotine lock and cross lock.

"Well, I see, Brother Long and I will walk first." Zhou Xing nodded.

Wrinkle Zhaolong also agreed, the two stood still, and following Ye Weixin's call: action, Wrinkle Zhaolong gave a high kick, Zhou Xing blocked it and left the room, and then Wrinkle Zhaolong was unreasonable and crazily chased after him. .

In order to show the strength of the villain, in this scene, Kwan Zhaolong naturally has the upper hand, and Zhou Xing can only parry for three consecutive kicks, and there is no chance to fight back.

Until Kwan Zhaolong kicked from the side again, was hugged tightly by Zhou Xing, and then fell to the side, took the opportunity to throw Kwan Zhaolong down, hit him with his knees continuously, Kwan Zhaolong reacted quickly and firmly protected his head with his right hand .

Seeing this, Zhou Xing took the opportunity to lock his hands and twisted his wrist in the opposite direction.

Wrinkle Zhaolong took the opportunity to block Zhou Xing's pincer attack with his left hand, stood up at the same time, and slammed his fists hard at Zhou Xing's head. Zhou Xing raised his hands and used boxer's skills to firmly protect his face while looking for opportunities to counterattack.

For the first time, Zhou Xing hooked his feet on the waist of Fu Zhaolong and wanted to use the guillotine lock, but unfortunately he saw through it, so he had to put his feet on his abdomen to widen the distance between the two sides, preventing him from exerting force.

Wrinkle Zhaolong's several attacks were unsuccessful, but Zhou Xing grabbed his collar and yanked him violently, his feet firmly supported his head. Within three seconds, Wrinkle Zhaolong's entire face was flushed red. , even though it was filming, Zhou Xing only used a third of his strength, which was enough to drink a pot.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, Kwan Zhaolong dragged Zhou Xing to stand up, then smashed hard to the ground.

"Bang!" A muffled sound was heard throughout the scene, and the assistant Xiaomei was taken aback. However, the director didn't shout "Ka", so she couldn't go up either.

Then, there was another "bang". In front of the monitor, Ye Weixin was also taken aback. Wrinkle Zhaolong seemed to have missed his position. The back of Zhou Xing's head was knocked against the railing instead of the back as originally designed. hit on it.

However, it seemed that neither Zhou Xing nor Kwan Zhaolong intended to stop, and he couldn't shout "Ka", otherwise he would fail their persistence.

Wrinkle Zhaolong dragged Zhou Xing, and was about to repeat the old trick, but saw Zhou Xing's abdomen force suddenly, and his body fell suddenly. The two hit the guardrail in the air and then knocked down a pile of debris. separate.

"Crack, come on, let's see how they are doing." Ye Weixin was in a hurry. In fact, he originally planned to use a stand-in in the section just now, and then used a long shot to make up for it, because it was too dangerous, and the position where he fell was ten thousand If there is an accident, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Ah Xing, are you okay?"

"Brother Long? How's it going?"

Everyone swarmed forward to help them up, Zhou Xing and Kwan Zhaolong did not check their injuries but looked in the direction of Ye Weixin together.

Ye Weixin nodded with a wry smile and gave a thumbs up, these two lunatics.

Zhou Xing and Kwan Zhaolong breathed a sigh of relief, and felt pain all over after sending them off in one breath. After taking off their clothes, they saw that their arms and knees were the most severely injured.

"Okay, let's get here today and call it a day." Ye Weixin was afraid that the two lunatics would continue, so he hurriedly yelled to stop.

The crew just finished work, and Zhou Xing and Kwan Zhaolong spent more than an hour just treating the wounds on their bodies, especially the swollen places, which needed to be massaged with medicine and wine.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhou Xing suggested: "It's rare to end work so early, why don't we have a drink?"

Wrinkle Zhaolong naturally raised his hands in agreement, Xiong Xinxin smiled wryly: "You are really two lunatics."

It just so happened that the place where the film crew was filming was by the lake, and the martial artists were overjoyed when they heard that Zhou Xing was treating guests, and some even drove to buy charcoal for barbecue.

"Brother Long, how long has it been since you made a Kung Fu movie like this?" Zhou Xing lay on the deck chair drinking beer, enjoying the rare comfort.

Wrinkle Zhaolong smiled: "Hey, don't mention it, those Hollywood action movies are too fake, if we want to talk about violent aesthetics, we have to be the ones."

Zhou Xing's heart suddenly moved: "Brother Long, come back this time, won't you leave?"

Wrinkle Zhaolong sighed: "I'm not leaving. I used to think that Hollywood is a paradise. As long as you have the ability, you will definitely be able to get ahead. What happened? It's not as good as Xiangjiang."

"Aaron, why don't you do it with Senior Brother Xiong?"

Xiong Xinxin understood Zhou Xing's meaning when he saw Zhou Xing's eyes, and persuaded him: "Yes, Aaron, there are a lot of opportunities in the Mainland now, and many crew invitations, I can't accept them. It's wider than me, so it must be fine."

Wrinkle Zhaolong was a little moved when he heard the words. The reason why he left Hong's class was actually the same as Xiong Xinxin. No matter how well they did, they couldn't overshadow Hong and Liu.

Wrinkle Zhaolong thinks that he is absolutely no worse than Xiong Xinxin. In recent years, seeing Xiong Xinxin doing more and more prosperously, it would be a lie to say that he is not greedy.

"Okay, let's do it together!"

(End of this chapter)