China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 307 took over a new job, the theme song of the movie "The Matrix"
It has been almost a month since Cao Xuan came to the United States. Except for Zhang Chong and Zhu Jiang, he usually only sees foreigners. This time, he finally ran into an acquaintance who had a strong conversation.

The same is true for Yuan Baye. He has been here for longer than Cao Xuan. This time, "The Matrix" is going to be shot in two or three series. The workload is very heavy, and the specific shooting period alone exceeds one year.

Fortunately, Baye Yuan has an apprentice. As long as he is responsible for the action design, the on-site guidance of the specific actions can be completed by the apprentice.

Therefore, except for some key scenes where Baye Yuan is in charge, he can take time to return to China to work on other projects.

The director hadn't come yet, so Yuan Baye took the time to ask Cao Xuan.

"Kung Fu has not fallen, this time there is a play."

"no problem."

Cao Xuan nodded confidently. Starting from his debut work "Water Margin", "Xiao Li Feidao", "Swordsman" and even the following "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji", the fighting scenes he filmed can be regarded as the best of his generation, and the related training has been constant. Did not stop.

It can't be compared with the kung fu and star skills of those boys, but amateurs can be regarded as half a practicing family, at least playing and practicing.

If facing Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, Cao Xuan would not dare to shout, but Keanu Reeves, who is also a half-way monk, is still very confident.

Yuan Baye also knew a little bit about Cao Xuan's background, so he felt relieved.

Cao Xuan's cameo role in "The Matrix 2" and even "The Matrix 3" is the prophet's bodyguard.

This role is set to be a Chinese with strong kung fu. There are two fighting scenes, and the roles are not many, but they are also quite eye-catching.

It is said that the crew wanted to find Li Lianjie at first, but the salary was not negotiated. There is also a saying that "The Matrix" wanted to copy his kung fu, and then simulated it with special effects, replacing the action actor with virtual people. Li Lianjie was angry and refused when he learned the truth. play.

Personally speaking, Cao Xuan believes that these American companies can do the next thing. After all, kung fu movies have been very popular in the past two years, but the leading actors are all Chinese. It is normal for the United States to want to take a share.

However, it is really difficult to achieve the effect of virtual actors at this stage from a technical perspective.

But it is hard to say whether the Chinese kung fu movies have been stolen by the United States.

After all, the Hollywood action movies of later generations have more or less the shadow of Chinese kung fu movies. No one knows whether it is the action director's credit or whether it was really stolen by the video analysis.

And at this stage, when many people don't know much about computer special effects, it's normal for actors to have concerns.

After all, the Republic of China suffered a great loss, and many killer moves were videotaped and spread abroad. Those who practice martial arts are still quite taboo about this.

Li Lianjie refused to act, Yuan Baye of the original time and space approached Chang Wei, and the other party even served as part of the action director.

Now, because Warner was negotiating a contract with Cao Xuan at that time, they used this as a bargaining chip. The directors, the Wachowski sisters... Well, they are still brothers now, so they asked Yuan Baye and learned that Cao Xuan has a kung fu foundation , and has a great reputation in Asia, and finally finalized the role.

These two brothers have a very big heart, so Cao Xuan was asked to prepare for the two-month schedule and also cooperate with martial arts training.

Cao Xuan glanced at the script, there were only a few scenes in total, and he directly pointed out that he was a cameo or a supporting role in the group, and he was only given half a month's schedule, whether he wanted to shoot or not.

In fact, Cao Xuan doesn't care if he has to be a guest star in "The Matrix", it's just that he has some feelings, but the premise is that it doesn't affect his schedule.

For the two-month schedule, let’s not talk about whether Cao Xuan has so much time, even if he did, Cao Xuan was not so cheap that he put down a lot of money and went to the United States as a supporting role to cooperate with the crew for more than two months.

If Warner offered 1000 million U.S. dollars, Cao Xuan didn’t say, it’s not impossible to consider it for half a year, but 50 U.S. dollars is only enough to buy him a 15-day schedule.

Later, Warner Records came forward to coordinate and explained to the director brothers that Cao Xuan is not an ordinary actor, and his schedule is not cheaper than these leading actors.

The two parties are mutually beneficial, and each takes what they need, and it is not Cao Xuan who is begging to act.

So, under the arrangement of Warner Records, the two parties reached an agreement that Cao Xuan would finish filming in half a month, but he would definitely have to work overtime.

That's all for the normal scenes, there are still several scenes that need special effects, and even appear as background panels. Cao Xuan wants to do some performances on the green screen.

.........

Not long after, the crew started work, and the directors Wachowski Brothers, the male lead Keanu Reeves, the female lead Carrie Ann Moss, and other leading actors arrived.

Cao Xuan, a newcomer actor, also introduced himself. Everyone was not indifferent, but they were not very enthusiastic. They greeted each other politely and started filming.

The assistant director directly took Cao Xuan to change clothes and try on makeup, and then in the afternoon, he would play with Keanu Reeves and start trial shooting if possible.

Yesterday's clothes consisted of a double-breasted white coat and black martial arts pants on the lower body. The shoes did not have authentic mille-soled cloth shoes. Cao Xuan found something roughly the same.

The costumer brought him the small round sunglasses, and Cao Xuan put them on. This kind of small round sunglasses is difficult for ordinary people to hold up, and it looks a bit sinister or calculating.

Cao Xuan has good looks, and he doesn't deliberately display other temperaments. Wearing these glasses is more mysterious and stern.

This is also in line with the identity of the prophet's bodyguard. According to the setting, the identity of the prophet's bodyguard may not be that simple.

Many lines seem to imply that he may be the last savior before the male protagonist, but there is no specific explanation in the movie, it may be a trick, or it may be that the audience has too much self-association.

Cao Xuan changed his costume and made more people pay attention to him. At least the director brothers looked at him a few more times, which made Cao Xuan feel scared.

These two brothers turned back and turned into two sisters, it's scary...

Not long after the costume change, Cao Xuan formally played tricks with Keanu Reeves under the guidance of Ba Ye, first easy and then difficult.

Cao Xuan has also seen a lot of routines, and he got started quickly. Keanu has also filmed two movies and has experience. The two of them can make tentative gestures in less than half an hour.

How should I put it, Keanu Reeves was born as an amateur after all, Cao Xuan used to have many actors who acted in opposite roles, and there were many real practitioners.

As for Keanu Reeves, after filming the "Matrix" series for such a long time, the training teacher and martial arts instructor are all practitioners, he was hanged and beaten, and other actors did not train for as long as him, so they were hanged and beaten by him.

Only Cao Xuan was slightly stronger than him, but he was still within his acceptable range.

In this move, generals meet good talents, opponents in chess, dragon in the cloud meets dragon in the wind, tiger on the mountain meets tiger on the ground, both sides come and go, "fighting" is very enjoyable.

After the tricks were completed, Keanu Reeves looked at Cao Xuan with admiration, and his attitude became more enthusiastic.

"Good job dude."

"No, I'm not fine at all."

Cao Xuan shook his head in frustration. Keanu Reeves was puzzled, so Cao Xuan complained.

"A Chinese actor didn't crush foreigners in his play. I feel a little sorry for Jack Cheng and Bruce Lee."

"Hahaha."

Keanu Reeves laughed: "If it was Jack Chenglai, I wouldn't fight him."

"He's not that powerful, you just need to avoid the furniture store."

It's a joke, but Cao Xuan still looks at Keanu Reeves with admiration.

They have indeed worked hard in private, and their foundation is really not bad.

Aside from those boys who practiced martial arts, that is, Cao Xuan, who has undergone some systematic training, can be suppressed. It may be "shameful" to replace a Chinese actor who has not filmed many fight scenes.

The so-called no acquaintance without fighting, Cao Xuan and Keanu Reeves have become much closer after a few fight scenes.

Cao Xuan worked with Keanu Reeves in most of the scenes, and he was happy to have a good relationship, which was convenient for filming.

The level of the two is about the same, they played very smoothly, the tacit understanding came up, and the actual filming soon started. In less than a day, Cao Xuan had the main fight scene, and then filmed the literary scene.

If Cao Xuan was surprised by Keanu Reeves in the drama, then it was Keanu Reeves' turn to be surprised when he was filming the literary drama.

Keanu Reeves, who was playing opposite Cao Xuan, was very surprised by Cao Xuan's expressions, emotions, coordination, and fluent English lines.

"Cao, I can't believe you're a singer."

"How many times have I said, don't call me Cao, and my profession is actor + singer, I am a professional in acting."

"Okay, Cao."

Keanu Reeves has a bright smile, and after a few days of getting along, the two are considered familiar, especially when he learned the meaning of "Cao" from Yuan Baye, and he never changed his words.

Cao Xuan took a deep breath, resisted taking out the prop gun and gave him two hits, and gave Keanu Reeves a middle finger.

"Let's go, I have something to talk to the producer about."

"What are you talking about, more money or more drama?"

"Add a song!"

Cao Xuan left to change clothes, leaving Keanu Reeves with a puzzled face.

Add song?What song to add?

Could it be that Cao Xuan took over the soundtrack job, but doesn't he already have a team?

And half an hour later, Cao Xuan shook hands with the producer of "The Matrix 2": "Thank you for your trust, I will come up with a theme song that satisfies you."

(End of this chapter)