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Xiangshan Film and Television Base, 30,000 square meters of studio.

Wearing a thick camouflage denim coat, Fang Ziheng walked around a built ancient tomb, touching here and there for one last inspection before starting filming.

This ancient tomb is not the tomb of Genghis Khan, but the resting place of a certain king of the Tang Dynasty.

In the original movie, the trio also had a tomb robbing scene at the beginning. The scene was very short and only briefly introduced the origin of the gold captain.

To be honest, this opening is very ordinary. It is okay for the mainland market. The audience is Chinese and can understand it at a glance.

But if you want to put the movie in overseas markets, it is not enough. You must add some setting descriptions.

For example, the equipment of the gold-touching trio includes gold-touching talismans, dragon-seeking rulers, hundred-refining diamond umbrellas, soaring flying tiger claws, candles, etc.

Yes, it’s the opening throw setting!

Opening a tomb is risky, so be well equipped!

The mystery and suspense must be full from the beginning of the movie, so that the audience can immediately enter into reverie and expectation.

Whether it is mainland audiences or overseas audiences, they will fully look forward to the next plot after understanding the use of these equipments.

Fang Ziheng came to the center of the ancient tomb, reached out and touched the imitation jade coffin, and asked the assistant director Guo Fan behind him: "Are all the props ready?"

"It's all done. I've made multiple backups of each prop."

"How many powerful blowers are prepared?"

"Four, two up and down, two front and back, I took people to simulate it six times, and there was no problem."

Guo Fan pointed to the top of the tomb wall and said affirmatively.

This guy is 31 years old. He joined Hengyu Media in October last year and became Fang Zihengxin’s deputy.

In his previous life, Guo Fan became famous very early. In 2011, he wrote, directed and starred in "The Adventures of Li Xian", which won the Best Asian Film Award at the Smecta Fuchuan International Film Festival.

He directed "My Deskmate" in 2014, "The Wandering Earth" in 2019, and "King Kong River" in 20 years.

He can be called a young director with low output and high quality!

Fang Ziheng had chatted with him several times and was very supportive of some of his ideas, and was ready to train him to become Hengyu's sixth contracted director.

After carefully checking the preparations, Fang Ziheng came outside the tomb. The trio changed into costumes and were rehearsing the movements of going down to the tomb.

Liu Ye and Huang Bo were dressed in old-style light green military uniforms, wearing yellow leather high-top shoes, and each was carrying a small pig liver-colored backpack.

Liu Qianqian's outfit is more eye-catching, with a khaki custom-made mountaineering suit, a dark yellow leather jacket, a smaller waterproof bag, a diamond as black as ink, and a pair of blinding flying tiger claws.

Seeing Fang Ziheng coming over, Liu Ye stopped the rehearsal and said: "Director, we are almost ready."

"Where are you two?"

Fang Ziheng looked at Liu Qianqian, worried that the young lady was not ready.

"No problem, I'm proficient in all the movements." Liu Qianqian narrowed her eyes slightly and patted the diamond umbrella on her shoulder, full of confidence.

"After you enter the tomb later, your performance must have a sense of hierarchy, from the relaxation when you first get down to the tomb, to the rigor when you arrive in front of the coffin, to the readiness when you open the coffin, and gradually advance the psychological construction of the character."

"Don't worry, director!"

"OK, it will be turned on soon."

Fang Ziheng looked at the three of them for a few times, and finally returned to the monitor.

He issued an order to let deputy director Guo Fan and action director Yuan Baye lead the trio to walk through the scene twice first.

The pre-show also needs to be filmed, with photography, lighting, props, set management, and the executive director all in action.

An hour later, the rehearsal was completed.

Fang Ziheng waved his hand and the shooting officially started.

"Everyone in your place!"

“Every department is ready, this is the first scene of our movie, we hope it will get off to a good start and try to get through!

"Actors prepare!"

"The tenth scene, the first realm, once!"

"start!"

As he finished speaking, the studio instantly became quiet.

The gold-touching trio entered the mirror and appeared above the tomb wall from three different directions.

Looking down from a high altitude, a huge group of tombs appeared, with a three-meter-long and one-meter-high white jade coffin hanging in the center.

Liu Ye turned on the searchlight above his head, looked down, and then gestured to Liu Qianqian and Huang Bo.

Do it!

With smiles on their faces, Liu Qianqian and Huang Bo took out the rappelling ropes from their backpacks and buckled them around their waists, and glided down neatly.

The camera zoomed in on Huang Bo's face. The corners of this guy's mouth were raised, and he was mumbling something while climbing.

"I'm so excited. This white jade coffin alone is enough to buy an antique shop with ten big gold teeth. Lao Hu, we really came to the right place this time."

"Fat man, be careful, there are traps!"

Liu Qianqian came down from the zipline in a flash, glanced at Huang Bo who was chattering in the air, and cautiously took out the diamond umbrella to defend herself.

Liu Ye landed immediately and immediately lit a candle in the southeast of the tomb. Then he stood up and said, "Fat man, we forgot what we came for. Please clean your hands and feet later and don't take things randomly."

boom.

There was a slight sound of landing, Huang Bo's chubby body came down, and a swallow turned over and landed steadily.

"Don't worry, don't worry, fat brother, I'm the most disciplined!"

The three of them looked at each other and walked towards the white jade coffin.

"Click!"

"Very good, I'll protect you!"

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng shouted, very satisfied with the performance of the three people.

The golden trio have not been practicing in vain during this period. Whether it is the zipline descent or the details of the tacit understanding and bickering, they have mastered it quite well.

Rested for a few minutes.

Shooting continues.

A wide angle of view captured the trio from top to bottom.

The camera slowly zoomed in. The trio used steel cable barbs to hook the four corners of the white jade coffin, preparing to use the power of the zipline to open the coffin.

At this time, Huang Bo's teasing voice sounded.

"Hey, Lao Hu, Consultant Yang, how much can we earn from this trip?"

"I don't know, I only take one thing anyway."

Liu Qianqian spoke lightly, still cautious and staring at the white jade coffin.

Liu Ye took three steps back, jumped up to the coffin lid, and leaned over to listen to the movement inside the coffin.

While listening, he said, "I don't know if there are any clues about Muchen Bead in this coffin, but don't make us Sanbai come here."

"Don't worry, Lao Hu, we will definitely not come in vain."

Huang Bo made a sound and took a step to look at the situation around the coffin.

Click!

Huang Bo was cunning and accidentally touched the mechanism of the tomb.

The mechanism must be fake, these belong to the category of post-production special effects.

"Click, wait a minute!"

Fang Ziheng called stop in time, sat back on the director's chair, and lost in thought while watching the pictures sent back by the producer.

Not quite right!

The expressions of the trio in the picture and the atmosphere in the tomb did not achieve the suspense effect he expected.

Originally, according to the plot in the script, when the coffin was about to be opened, the ten seconds before and after Huang Bo touched the mechanism should be the most exciting time.

Moreover, in an ancient royal tomb that has been sealed for thousands of years, there should naturally be a sense of mystery and gloom.

Why are there none?

Fang Ziheng frowned and looked at it for a while but couldn't find the problem.

After thinking about it, he called over two female crew members and asked them to watch the shot.

Girls have more delicate minds, are not as nervous as boys, and are more able to respond to scary psychology.

Sure enough, as soon as a woman makes a move, she will know if there is any.

"Director, the lights are too bright."

The two female employees from the props team looked at it for a while and pointed out the problems in the picture in unison.

"Thank you, I'll give you extra food today!"

Fang Ziheng laughed and said there must be something wrong. It turned out to be the lighting.

Immediately, he called in lighting engineer Zhang Fu.

"Lao Zhang, dim the light in the tomb and try two tones: dim and cool."

"Director, will this affect the shooting?"

"It's okay. I'll just take a look at the overall effect. If it affects the shooting progress, I'll turn on the lights and fill in the light later."

"I understand, director, I'll do it right now!"

After a while, the lights in the tomb dimmed.

The atmosphere in the picture suddenly changed, and the suspenseful atmosphere gradually increased.

After the light dimmed, Fang Ziheng could clearly see on the monitor that the trio's expressions became even more tense as they opened the coffin, showing a look of preparedness.

"Click, passed!"

After shooting three times in a row, this shot was passed.

The time came to noon unknowingly. After lunch, the crew took a break and then continued filming the scene of avoiding the trap.

This scene was more difficult because there was no real mechanism as a reference, so the trio had to perform without physical objects.

It not only needs to show the calmness in the face of danger, escaping the trap after a dangerous situation, but also needs to show the urgency and tension of sweating profusely and walking on the tightrope of life and death.

As usual, Yuan Baye led them to preview first, and then officially started filming.

"OK, all departments are ready!"

"The actors are in place!"

“Scene 14, one shot, one shot!

"start!"

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng gave an order.

The lights in the entire tomb dimmed again, and the four blowers started at the same time, sending streams of cool breeze.

In an instant, the trio was in danger.

"Hey, Liu Qianqian, what are you sneering at when a hidden arrow is flying? You thought it was a hard steel bullet!"

"Huang Bo, you are too slow. At your speed, you would have been pierced by random arrows!"

"Liu Ye, you're jumping rubber bands like that, jump higher!"

For a whole afternoon, with Fang Ziheng dumbfounded, the trio finally completed the filming of avoiding hidden arrows.

The Tomb of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty is extraordinary. In addition to hidden arrows, there are also two dangers: rolling stones and kerosene.

The trio had to pass two levels before they could escape to heaven and escape safely from the tomb.

This is the first twenty minutes of the plot, which mainly reflects the strength of the trio and the dangers of the thousand-year-old tomb. It also introduces some settings of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

Since "The Secret of the Dragon" is to be released globally and focuses on exporting culture overseas, China Broadcasting and Television specifically let it go when reviewing the script.

Coupled with Fang Ziheng's current fame, many scenes and settings that cannot appear can appear in the movie.

All in all, this "Secret of the Dragon" is closer to the original novel "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" than the original version.

Of course, the plot of the story has been greatly adapted.

The trio opened the tomb of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty in order to find clues to Muchen Bead. However, the clues were not found and they became very embarrassed.

"Everyone pack your things, there will be no night shift tonight!"

After checking the footage, Fang Ziheng waved his hand and called it a day.

night.

Liu Qianqian and Fang Rou were lying on the sofa in the living room, biting their ears together.

"Sister Sissi, how could you fall in love with my brother?"

Fang Rou turned her head and glanced at the bedroom, and said in a noisy manner: "Look, you are a big star, you are so beautiful, you have many fans, and you are famous."

"My brother was very naughty when he was a child. He specialized in bullying his peers in the village."

"Tell me why you were bullied."

When she mentioned Fang Ziheng's childhood, Liu Qianqian's eyes lit up and she instantly became more energetic.

The young lady knew very little about Fang Ziheng. She only knew that he grew up with his uncle when he was ten years old. Later, his uncle died of illness and he became a lonely boy.

As for what happened in his hometown village before Fang Ziheng was ten years old, he rarely mentioned it and she never asked about it.

"Hehe, Sister Qianxi, let me tell you, my brother had a childhood sweetheart when he was a child, and they are destined to be together for life."

In the bedroom.

Fang Ziheng was wearing a bathrobe and sitting at the computer desk sorting out the schedule for "The Secret of the Dragon". He had no idea that Fang Rou had sold his childhood love to a young lady.

"The Secret of the Dragon" has two large-scale shooting locations. The Xiangshan area belongs to the first half of the movie. The filming is expected to be completed in one and a half months.

The production department made a phased shooting plan, striving to complete all shooting in Xiangshan on time and in a quantitative manner.

Fang Ziheng was browsing the schedule while sketching with a pen, adding a scene here, subtracting two scenes there, changing the difficulty of the scenes.

He stayed busy until nearly ten o'clock in the evening before he stretched out, put on his coat and walked out of the bedroom.

Liu Qianqian and Fang Rou were lying on the sofa, looking at him with their heads tilted.

"What's going on with you two, are you stupid?"

Fang Ziheng looked confused, not knowing what the two girls were doing.

"Giggle, Zi Heng, I find you so cute!"

Liu Qianqian burst out laughing and shook her feet, feeling very happy.

Just now, Fang Rou told her everything about Fang Ziheng's childhood, which was really unexpected to her.

"Hmph!"

Fang Ziheng rolled his eyes, dragged the two of them up from the sofa, and said sternly: "Let's go, you two, I'll treat you to a supper."

"Let's go, let's go, I want to eat crayfish."

"I want to eat big crab."

The three of them came downstairs of the hotel and met Liu Ye, Huang Bo, and Liu Jialing.

Everyone ordered a large table of seafood supper together. This place in Xiangshan may not be rich in other things, but seafood is definitely enough.

At the dinner table, everyone was talking and laughing, and the conversation turned to the Imperial College Student Film Festival.

On the 28th of this month, the 18th Imperial College Student Film Festival was held in Imperial City.

Known as the "youngest film festival", this festival will select and award the priority films released last year.

Fang Ziheng was nominated for Best Director, Liu Ye and Liu Qianqian were nominated for Best Actor and Actor, "The Big Four" was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Awards, and "Edge of Tomorrow" was nominated for Best Film and Best Story Awards.

Hengyu Media, the crew of "The Big Four", the crew of "Edge of Tomorrow", as well as Fang Ziheng, Liu Ye and Liu Qianqian all received official invitations from the Imperial Film Festival.

"This film festival is really a bit of a fight between gods and goddesses. There are seven nominations for the Best Picture Award alone. The competition is fierce."

Huang Bo tore off a crab leg and let out an inexplicable sigh while sucking it.