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Luo Xun admitted that he was a little greedy. He had resources like "The Empress of China" which will be broadcast on Hunan TV next year, but he still treated her as a spare tire...

But from another perspective.

Regardless of the size of the role, just talking about the popularity of the TV series, whether it is "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" or "Pink Girl", they can all be firmly suppressed by "The Empress of China". This is the answer that Luo Xun got in advance as a prophet. He does not think that his outstanding performance can surpass Zhao Wenzhuo in the original version.

It has nothing to do with acting skills.

The main reason is that Zhao Wenzhuo at this time is not a newcomer like Luo Xun who has just reached the second year. As one of his brother Leslie Cheung's friends and Anita Mui's ex-boyfriend, he has been a veteran actor in Hong Kong for a long time. He has worked with many big names and has a deep friendship with Tsui Hark and others. He also has a very high public popularity. The audience appeal is simply not comparable to Luo Xun!

Now in the mainland.

He is a quasi-first-line existence.

Even the quasi-first-line actor Zhao Wenzhuo couldn't make the popularity of "The Empress of China" surpass "Pink Girl" and "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". Does Luo Xun still want to reverse this situation by himself?

It's a bit difficult.

Although Luo Xun didn't know why the director skipped Zhao Wenzhuo and chose himself as the leading actor, after analyzing the situation in his heart, Luo Xun began to feel that this drama was a little bit worse. He hoped that the level of the new drama would not be lower than his previous two works. After all, if he plays the leading role with his current popularity, there are limitations.

Moreover...

After the broadcast of "The Empress of China" in the previous life, although the discussion was good and the ratings were OK, it still attracted a lot of criticism from mainstream voices. Some experts believed that the drama was too exaggerated in its tampering with history and ignored historical facts. Although Luo Xun thought that this kind of drama was not as exaggerated as exaggerating, it was not in line with Luo Xun's personality to go to the tiger mountain knowing that there was a tiger in the mountain.

The days to come.

The filming of the movie "Kung Fu" is still going on, and the progress is coming to an end. It seems that the film can be officially completed before September, just as Luo Xun expected, and this progress is naturally within Zhou Xingchi's plan.

It is worth mentioning that...

In the last month, the filming of "Kung Fu" was almost all action scenes. Luo Xun's role was actually not much left, but Zhou Xingchi did not make an exception for him. After all, Luo Xun is not a big star, and only big stars are qualified to let the director shoot his role in advance.

Therefore, Luo Xun can only wait.

It is not in vain. He will take advantage of nothing to observe how Zhou Xingchi directs the play. Maybe Zhou Xingchi's words "a good actor can direct" last time made Luo Xun secretly think about it. In short, he stole something from him intentionally or unintentionally.

As a result, he found out.

Zhou Xingchi is not only cruel to others, but also to himself. In the last few scenes of "Kung Fu", that is, the duel between Zhou Xingchi and Huoyun Evil God, he actually put pressure on himself for more than ten days in a row!

Hanging on wires for so many days in a row.

Most people would find it unbearable.

But Zhou Xingchi gritted his teeth and persisted, which scared a group of veteran Hong Kong actors who were originally dissatisfied with Zhou Xingchi and discussed it privately.

This is not treating others as human beings.

And he doesn't treat himself as a human being either.

Luo Xun smiled bitterly, watching Zhou Xingchi hanging on wires under the scorching sun to shoot these action scenes, and the one hanging on wires with Zhou Xingchi was naturally Liang Xiaolong.

Liang Xiaolong is also a ruthless person.

As a man who was known as the "Four Little Dragons" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1970s with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Ti Lung, Liang Xiaolong's professionalism is absolutely worthy of respect. No matter how Zhou Xingchi abused himself, he could accompany him to the end. He basically didn't use a stand-in during the filming of "Kung Fu" no matter how hard or tired he was -

This reminded Luo Xun of a rumor.

It is said that Liang Xiaolong not only learned northern-style leg techniques from his uncle, but also practiced Wing Chun with other martial artists, and formally became a disciple of Japanese karate black belt master Yamaguchi, learned karate, and participated in three Hong Kong-wide fighting competitions with foreigners in Hong Kong, winning two championships and one runner-up.

Once.

He was ambushed by more than a dozen men with sharp weapons in the stairwell of his martial arts hall in Ping An Building, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, and eventually knocked them all down. He was unarmed and only slightly injured.

It is unknown whether the rumor is true or not.

But from the performance on the set, Luo Xun had to shout "The Fire Cloud Evil God has unparalleled magical powers", which happened to be a line of Brother Chen played by Luo Xun in the movie.

That's it.

The fight scenes with wires were filmed until the end of August, and Luo Xun's scenes were also filmed. On September 1st, Zhou Xingchi, who was tanned, wore a short-sleeved shirt and announced the result with a loudspeaker:

"The film "Kung Fu" is finished!"

At this moment, whether it was Luo Xun or the veteran actors who had conflicts with Zhou Xingchi before, or the ordinary staff of the crew, they all shouted excitedly.

"It's finally over!"

"I'm really exhausted!"

"It's only been three or four months, but it feels like we've been filming in Shanghai for a year. Time is passing very slowly. Stephen Chow's movies are more difficult to shoot than those of ordinary directors..."

"I'm relieved..."

"I need to rest for a few months!"

Some people started throwing things, hats, clothes, and some couldn't help crying. This kind of intense emotion was something Luo Xun had never experienced before when he was filming two TV series. It was also at this moment that Luo Xun realized the difference between movies and The TV series has completely different charm and scenery.

"No wonder so many people yearn for the big screen..."

"Whether it's the hard work, the craftsmanship, etc., movies have to surpass TV series. The kind of pressure that seems to crush people can really make people collapse at any time, but when the film is finished, it brings about Happiness is also doubled..."

Luo Xun smiled.

Zhou Xingchi suddenly came closer and whispered: "Luo Xun, although you are only a supporting role in this film, you have contributed a lot to me. In fact, it is not too much to assign you the position of assistant director, but this kind of thing is not appropriate." Rules, so I can only compensate you in other ways. I can give you a promise. Remember, I, Zhou Xingchi, owe you a favor."

"It's worth it."

Luo Xun replied with a smile.

Not to mention the assistant director, Zhou Xingchi can't give himself the title of martial arts instructor. Then what will Hong Jinbao think, and what will Yuan Heping think, so being able to get Master Xing's favor is enough!

This is the best result!

If anything happens in the future, he can use this favor and cash in the favor promised by Master Xing. The benefits in exchange are far beyond what a crew position can compare with. Luo Xun knows this very well!

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