China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 521 Feudal Remnants and Socialist Successors
December 2008, 6

Cao Xuan, who was busy outside for more than half a month, returned to the crew of "Save Mr. Myself".

In a certain village in Miyun, Beijing, there is a remote small courtyard near the hillside. Next to this place was an abandoned small chicken farm.

Screenwriter and assistant director Ding Sheng wandered around the suburbs of Beijing for a week before he chose this place.

Once the abandoned chicken farm is demolished, and some fruit trees are planted, the hostages in the movie will be there.

There is one thing to say, the condition of the kidnapper's lair in the real incident is actually not bad. The two-story bungalow was considered a good house in the countryside at that time.

After thinking about it, it is clear that these kidnappers are a group of desperadoes + gangsters. If they have money in their hands, they will definitely enjoy life, not to mention swaggering, but they will not choose too bad a place and wrong themselves.

However, for the sake of the picture effect, the film deliberately made the scene a little more difficult. The cramped and dilapidated small house is more conducive to shaping the depression and tension of the environment where the hostages live, and conveying the audience's emotions through the picture.

Again, although "Rescue Mr. Me" is based on real events, it is not a documentary after all, and it still needs artistic processing.

Deliberately restoring reality, making the hostage conditions so good that the audience can't get into the show, that's putting the cart before the horse.

"Rescue Mr. My" was launched in early May, but after less than a week of filming, the hero Cao Xuan disappeared, and the other main actors of the crew, Liu Huohua, Wu Ruofu, etc., were also absent.

But everyone knew what was going on. When the leading actor was not around, he would shoot the scenes of other actors, and if it couldn't work, he would stop working and wait until Cao Xuan and others returned.

In the small courtyard, when Cao Xuan returned to the set, director Cao Baoguo and many staff applauded him.

"Director Cao, this is?"

"We've watched it online, we've been to the front line, we've organized and participated in many charity performances, none of the dozens of Hope Schools invested in the construction have survived the collapse, and the cumulative donations and funds raised by individuals and companies under their names have exceeded 10 billion. Mr. Cao, you This is it."

Cao Baoguo gave a thumbs up, but Cao Xuan just replied "should be" like he had faced countless interviews and praises before, and he was unwilling to talk more about this aspect.

"During the time I'm not here, everyone has worked hard, uh... let's make a movie."

Cao Xuan didn't want to say more, and everyone didn't bother, but there was no rush to film. Cao Baoguo first took Cao Xuan to watch the progress of the filming during this period, understand the situation, and check the status at the scene.

After all, he didn't come to the set for nearly a month, and he went out to do a lot of things. Cao Xuan's mood has also been greatly fluctuated, and it will take some time to re-enter the character.

Cao Xuan also understood the importance, so he simply stayed with the director to watch the material.

In addition to starring, he is also the producer of this movie. He has a lot of authority over the crew. He didn't have time before, so he just had a look at the quality of the filmed material at this time.

"Rescue Mr. My" has been in production for more than a month, but because most of the leading actors were absent before, the progress is actually very limited.

The main role is basically based on Wang Qianyuan who plays the villain Huazi.

That's right, in the end the villain still found Wang Qianyuan.

Sun Honglei finally gave up on the issue of "New World" because he didn't have much time and was busy starring in the TV series "Latent" produced by Fanxing.

Yin Zhao, the heroine of Air Affairs, is actually played by Fan Xiaopang at first, and Jiang Yue even wanted to help Fan Xiaopang in the future.

However, Cao Xuan directly stopped it.

Regardless of whether Fan Xiaopang can play the role of Cuiping's vivaciousness and tenacity, the key point is that she is too beautiful and does not fit the character setting of Cuiping's rustic village girl in "Latent".

In contrast, although Yin Zhao is also beautiful, she belongs to the more attractive type. Nomi can be "ugly", and her acting skills are good enough, and her fame is not a problem.

Duan Long was unable to film because he suffered a slight injury while filming "My Team Leader, My Team", also produced by Fanxing.

And Wang Yanhui's acting skills are fine, but his appearance is too honest, which doesn't fit Huazi's arrogant and arrogant character image.

In the end, only Qin Hao, the new candidate selected by Wang Qianyuan and Cao Xuan, remained.

The two have similar reputations, and Wang Qianyuan may even be worse. After all, Qin Hao has acted in several star-studded films, and often cooperates with famous directors such as Lou Ye and Wang Xiaoshuai.

Although Wang Qianyuan made his debut very early and acted in many works, there are really not many out of the circle, and his reputation is mediocre.

Speaking of Wang Qianyuan, there is another interesting thing. When Cao Xuan looked for him, he had just changed his name to Wang Jinpeng before, so he didn’t know who he was. caught.

The reason why Donggong Niangniang found Wang Qianyuan is very simple. Wang Qianyuan was a senior of Chinese opera in 93. When Hu Jing took the Chinese opera exam, she asked a senior to help guide the art test, and this senior was Wang Qianyuan.

Apart from Hu Jing, Wang Qianyuan has a lot to do with Class 96 of the Chinese Opera.

Those scumbags like Liu Huohua and International Zhang handed in their homework when they were freshmen and sophomores. They couldn't do it themselves, so they asked their seniors for help. Wang Qianyuan was one of the seniors they mainly asked for advice.

Others don't know, but at least the two of Cao Xuan's family had asked Wang Qianyuan for help back then.

Perhaps because of this love, although Qin Hao is in the same class, no matter whether it is Dongxi Ergong or Liu Huohua, they all voted for Wang Qianyuan.

The screenwriter and director also valued Wang Qianyuan more. Acting age is one aspect, and more importantly, Wang Qianyuan looks a little like the prototype of the kidnapper.

Therefore, in the end, Wang Qianyuan won the role of Huazi, and Qin Hao, the younger brother, played the second child of the kidnapper.

And Wang Qianyuan did not disappoint Cao Xuan and others. He has been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, and his professional level is no problem. Yuan Shikong also won a Tokyo Best Actor in the past two years.

In the material, Wang Qianyuan also basically performed the fierce and crazy character of Huazi, as well as the cunning and unscrupulousness after being caught by the police.

In fact, the role of Huazi in the movie is a little bit beautified. This guy is a gangster and his methods are cruel, but he is really not as brilliant as in the movie.

When the reality was caught, this guy had a chance to detonate the grenade, but he was finally persuaded.

In the police station, it is not as stingy as shown in the movie. It is a state of strong support, and the police are struggling to death.

In the documentary, the "indifferent" negotiating with the police or the "arrogant smile" in the final court are all superficial phenomena. In the words of his friends, this guy is very face-saving. If he really had backbone, he would have detonated a grenade long ago.

The movie portrays Huazi more fiercely, and it is also to create an atmosphere of "evenly matched" arrests and showdowns with the police, creating a sense of tension and oppression.

Similar situations often appear in police and gangster movies. Many prototypes of gangsters who are awesome are actually treated like dogs by the police in reality...

However, due to the subject matter, "Save Mr. My" is mainly literary and drama, and it is not too exaggerated. It just makes Huazi's character more difficult, and it is not divorced from reality.

Cao Xuan watched the materials all afternoon, and Cao Baoguo came with Wang Qianyuan: "How is it?"

"It's better than I imagined, and I'm under pressure."

"You held me."

Wang Qianyuan said modestly, and he was relieved for a long time. It is still very stressful for ordinary actors to work with Cao Xuan.

On the one hand, it's business. Boss Cao's double-gold film winner is not just kidding around. He has no real skills, so he will inevitably feel guilty.

On the other hand, as a bigwig in the Chinese entertainment circle, Cao Xuan, who doesn't want to be appreciated by Boss Cao, soared into the sky.

Even if you are not appreciated, don't leave a bad impression.

For example, if Cao Xuan thinks that a certain actor's acting skills are not good enough, it will be much more difficult for him to cooperate with other actors in the film and television projects of the Fanxing system.

It is far from being banned, but the road must be difficult. Maybe this is not Cao Xuan's original intention, but in his position, one word can often influence the career of an ordinary actor.

Of course, Wang Qianyuan's contacts and qualifications are not to say that he is afraid of not being able to make a movie.

But this time "Saving Mr. Myself" is a very important opportunity for him, and he naturally wants to seize it. Among them, Cao Xuan's approval is undoubtedly the most important.

Cao Xuan had had face-to-face encounters with Wang Qianyuan before, but he left the group before taking too many photos.

Another person who needs to get in touch is Zhang Ze, the squad leader Shi Jin of "Soldier Assault".

He played another hostage who was also kidnapped in the movie, named Du Jiang in the movie.

I originally wanted to cast Hu Ge, but later I felt that the two handsome guys were not very good, so I planned to find a relatively ordinary actor. Zhang Ze was highly recommended by Kang Honglei and Duan Long.

Cao Xuan is no stranger to him, not to mention Goldfinger's information, Zhang Ze is an important role in "My Leader, My Team" that was just finished at the beginning of the year, and it is difficult to tell who is the male lead with Duan Long.

As a hostage, Cao Xuan's scope of activities is limited. More than 80% of the film's scenes are in this hut, and more than 70% of the opponent scenes are also Wang Qianyuan and Zhang Ze.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the role of Mr. Wu becomes 1/3 if we can spark with these two actors.

.........

Two days after Cao Xuan returned to the group, the filming officially started. In the dilapidated and cramped house, Cao Xuan's hands and feet were tightly tied to his body with a chain, and one end of the chain was still tied to the bed.

Compared with before, due to various incidents this month, Cao Xuan's cheeks were obviously thinner than before, and his mental state was also a bit haggard.

If it is another play, makeup may be needed to make up for it, but it is precisely at this time that he is acting as a star hostage under the pressure of desperation, and his image and temperament are more suitable for the role.

Although they shouldn't think so, Cao Baoping and Ding Sheng couldn't help being secretly happy when they saw Cao Xuan's appearance and temperament.

With Cao Xuan's smooth and high-spirited reality superstar experience, it is still somewhat difficult to accurately grasp the depressed emotional state when he slips from the peak to the trough of life without acting.

He can act, but no matter how good the acting is, acting is always acting, after all, it is not as attractive as the true emotions bursting from the heart of the whole person.

But this time, due to the involvement of the outside world, Cao Xuan's mental and emotional state is obviously depressed. Regardless of other things, from the perspective of character shaping alone, the positive promotion is more meaningful.

Of course, it is enough to know these thoughts in your heart, there is no need to say it out loud, just take advantage of this state and finish filming the relevant scenes in one go.

But even so, since I just started filming, I still focus on simple scenes, cultivate a tacit understanding, and transition slowly.

At night, the dim light makes the house a little depressing
Wang Qianyuan picked up the calendar hanging on the wall. On it was a photo of him clasping his hands in a long gown.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai, how old were you then?"

"25, 24 seems to be."

"I'm very curious. How many of your rumored girlfriends are true?"

"It's all a play on the spot, and the media is hyping it up."

Cao Xuan seems to say it casually, but his eyes are always vigilant. Huazi is very cunning. He has cheated Cao Xuan in the previous plot. Cao Xuan does not want to involve others, so no matter when and where, he will not easily spit out information about people around him. .

"You are really unreal."

Wang Qianyuan knew that Cao Xuan was on guard against this just now, so he didn't bother, and said casually: "If you want me to say that the fate of this person is different, some people are in the sky, and some people are on the ground."

"You can't say that, sometimes it's not someone else's problem but your own problem..."

During the process of being kidnapped, Cao Xuan never gave up on saving himself. He kept talking to the kidnappers, trying to get them to release him.

So when he saw the opportunity, he always hoped to be able to persuade the kidnappers, but in the middle of what he said, he immediately changed his words when he saw Wang Qianyuan's face change.

Afterwards, Wang Qianyuan did not refute what he said, no matter whether it was reasonable or not. Instead, he agreed with it, in order not to anger the kidnappers.

But in this way, he appeared "weak", and Cao Xuan's whole aura was completely "suppressed" by Wang Qianyuan.

But this is more in line with reality. This is not a cool article on the Internet or a keyboard debate. You have to win the topic to convince the other party and silence the villain.

My life is in someone else's hands, and admitting it is the safest way...

Mr. Wu, who is in a weak position throughout the movie, has always maintained this kind of soft attitude, showing his toughness at a few important moments, and such outbursts can also enrich the characters and promote the plot.

In fact, during the process of acting, Cao Xuan has been repeatedly simulating in his mind what state he would be in if one day he was really kidnapped.

The final inference is that it is very similar to Wu Ruofu.

With his psychological quality, he may not be as calm as Old Wu, but he won't be to the point of collapse.

After going through the initial panic, I must try my best to save myself, never anger the other party, and slowly try to find opportunities, hoping to save money and eliminate disasters, and never implicate my family.

When I read the original version and read the script, I was not particularly deep. When Cao Xuan really sat in this scene and imagined that if he was caught and the kidnappers made various dangerous demands to Dongxi Ergong or his parents, then he would rather die here than let The family dealt with the gang of desperadoes.

After thinking about this clearly, in fact, Cao Xuan will be able to capture a lot of sense of substitution when he plays Mr. Wu again.

At the beginning, because of the role positioning, Wang Qianyuan firmly "suppressed" Cao Xuan, and when Cao Xuan slowly entered the character state, it was his turn to lose the role.

The most intense part is that Huazi tried to take a video of him, because of Huazi's previous greedy behavior, my husband did not trust him very much.

Realizing that this image is out of his control, Hua Zi could easily be deceived and hurt his family and friends if he took it out, so he threw the camera down desperately, and had a conflict with Wang Qianyuan for the first time.

Although this conflict still ended with Mr. Wu showing weakness, he also showed his bottom line, which made Huazi feel apprehensive.

Cao Xuan broke out in hysteria, both Huazi in the play and Wang Qianyuan outside the play were stunned, and they cooperated several times, but they still couldn't catch the play.

The same problem also appeared in Zhang Ze, but his and Cao Xuan's opponents complemented each other, not to mention conflicts, and generally speaking it went smoothly.

Regardless of other things, Cao Xuan still has a sense of accomplishment.

A few years ago, he was the one who taught the old opera bone to be a man, but now that time has passed, he can also bully and bully powerful factions.

Although Wang Qianyuan and Zhang Ze are not at the peak of their careers now, they are both old actors. When they acted opposite each other, the two future movie kings could almost fail to catch up with them. This is not in vain of Cao Xuan's ten years of honing his acting skills.

Of course, it's just a sense of accomplishment. After all, he is also a double-gold actor, and he can be ranked high in the entertainment industry.

If he bullied two "unknown people", he would be endless, but he was too presumptuous to belittle himself.

.........

"Save Mr. Me" was filmed very quickly.

It is said to be a movie, but in fact Cao Xuan himself played less than half of the time, and it was a concentrated scene shooting. If it hadn't been delayed for a month, he might have already finished filming.

Joined the group on June 6th, and Cao Xuan basically completed the project on July 10th. In addition to the previous week and more, the cumulative progress did not exceed one and a half months. The progress is still very fast.

Of course, this is similar to other scenes, and the more concentrated ones are mainly related to his scenes.

But no matter what, Cao Xuan was temporarily busy with a job.

Although the filming was a bit tiring, I have to say that time is the best healer. After a busy month of filming, Cao Xuan gradually got rid of the negative emotions before, and his mental state has obviously recovered a lot.

Cao Xuan, who rushed home, accompanied his daughter to make up a first birthday. On June 6, he was in Sichuan Province. He couldn't make it back, and he wasn't in the mood.

Now that I have adjusted it, I specially hold a make-up birthday, which is lively and lively, and it also dispels the depressive atmosphere of the previous period.

The 1-year-old Xiao Cao Li is white and tender, wearing a pink dress, cute and beautiful, and has inherited the good-looking genes of his parents. Although he is still young, his potential for beauty has already been revealed.

The couple Xia Yu and Yuan Quan who were invited here were very envious.

"Why don't we make a baby kiss, I will give birth to a son later, and let Li Li be my daughter-in-law."

"What a sweet dream."

Cao Xuan looked at Xia Yu with contempt and vigilance, this guy is not honest.

There was an affair with Gao Yuanyuan before, although the "misunderstanding" between the two parties was resolved under Fanxing's interference, but then this guy was ambiguous with another actress, and after more than a year of separation and reunion, he finally reconciled with Yuan Yuan. Quan is back together.

Such a scumbag, the son he gave birth to must not be a good thing, and his precious daughter must stay away from this kind of person.

Cao Daguan has always had a flexible moral bottom line and standards for doing things. When he was a son-in-law, he was cheeky and loyal.

But now that I am an old father, when I think that my daughter might meet a scumbag, I wish I could just throw up his ashes. Similar seedlings must be killed in the bud...

Cao Xuan was mad at Xia Yu, Nishigong Niangniang, Yuan Quan, Han Mei, Liu Tianxian, Mei Ting, and Zhang Tong gathered around to watch the children.

She doesn't have many friends in her circle, except for a few classmates, only a few Chinese opera students have a good relationship.

There were also a few people we could chat with during filming, but they weren't close enough to risk leaking the secrets and invite them to my daughter's first birthday party.

Those who came to the birthday banquet were basically just these few people, they were all friends of the same age, and Hu Jing avoided going out on purpose.

After all, their relationship is against the mundane. They can do whatever they want at home, but they still can't get rid of it in front of outsiders. Even if they know it, it's another thing to get along face to face. This is to avoid everyone's embarrassment.

So today's birthday party is actually two, one is for friends to celebrate, and the other is for going home at night, and parents are invited to celebrate at home.

"Li Li, go catch it, take whatever you like."

Catch Zhou Ceremony, all kinds of things were placed on the fluffy carpet, Cao Xuan took a camera to record, Zeng Li encouraged his daughter to catch Zhou, everyone laughed and watched.

Under the encouragement of his mother, little Cao Li crawled into the middle of the carpet in a daze.

Looking left and right, Dongba pulled down the calculator, West fiddled with the ruler a few times, and finally took a plastic gold ingot, happily revealing the only 8 teeth in his mouth.

"Jin Yuanbao, you will have a prosperous fortune, Brother Xuan, your family's big business can be regarded as successors."

"Haha, Li Li will be a little rich woman in the future."

"I see what the wealthy families in Xiangjiang and foreign countries call Princess XX. Can our family, Li Li, be called Princess Fanxing?"

"It's not just an ordinary princess, it's Princess Fanxingchang."

"Bah bah, these are all feudal remnants."

Cao Xuan's eyelids jumped when he heard the words "Eldest Princess", and he couldn't help complaining: "What about the eldest princess and the prince, vulgar, unbearably vulgar, how many years has it been since New China, how can there be any feudal aristocrats? Socialist successor."

Liu Tianxian: "..."

The eldest princess and the prince are vulgar, so the second palace is not a remnant of feudalism?
But she only dared to think about it in her heart, she definitely didn't dare to say it.

As the core of the West Palace Party, Liu Tianxian was very happy to be invited to Xiao Cao Li's birthday banquet, and kept playing and amusing with Xiao Cao Li, trying to make this little junior sister remember him.

Don't look at Cao Li is just a little baby with no teeth, maybe in a few years, she will be mixed with others, so plan ahead and make friends in advance.

But it's a bit too early, little Cao Li doesn't remember anything at all, and Cao Xuan can't recognize anyone even if he has been away from home for a little longer, let alone her.

After the birthday party, Cao Xuan didn't rest at home for two days, and was invited by Han Sanye to Huairou Film and Television Base.

Next year's tribute masterpiece "Founding of a Nation" is being filmed here, and the entire entertainment industry has come to participate in the performance, and Cao Xuan is no exception. He was invited by Han Sanye to play a cameo role.

And his cameo role is exactly...

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ps: Chapter 519 has been released

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