China Entertainment 1997.

San Francisco, U.S
On the set of "Taken 3", Cao Xuan felt a little embarrassed when he saw the crew busy preparing for the shooting.

He found that since last year, he has spent more and more time in the United States every year. This year alone, the shooting period + promotional period may be longer than the time he stayed in China.

Now I have to shoot "Taken 3", and I have to go to Mexico, South America, Canada and Australia mainly for the US shoot, and I have to run the promotion of "Eagle Eye" in December, and it is estimated that it will not stop until the Spring Festival.

So sometimes it is no wonder that some people take the rhythm on the Internet again, saying that he immigrated and changed his nationality.

I spend more than one and a half years abroad. When I return to China, except to avoid a small part of the publicity period, I spend most of my time at home or playing in private, and I don’t make public appearances.

However, the filming of "Hunting" in the first half of next year and the production of a new album in the second half of the year should improve the situation.

Stretching and exercising his muscles, Cao Xuan chatted with the movie villain Bryan Creston, also known as "Breaking Bad" male protagonist Lao Bai.

As mentioned before, the plot of "Taken 3" is not complicated.

Continuing the second part, in order to save his girlfriend, Cao Xuan destroyed a British drug manufacturing group and killed the black boss "Old White".

And Lao Bai also has a twin brother, who is the leader of a mercenary organization. Hearing that his brother died tragically, he is ready to take revenge.

Of course, this is one of the branches, and the other branch is the new drug developed in the second film.

After Old Baige died, the drug was seized by the Interpol. After comparative research, they found that this drug is not only highly addictive, but also extremely harmful to the body. At the same time, if it evolves, it may even be contagious to a certain extent. .

It's not so much a drug as a virus.

The old white brother is just a black glove. The real behind-the-scenes is a multinational group. On the surface, they make the virus, and then create a large-scale spread, and then make money by selling drugs and stock prices, but there is probably a deeper level of cooperation with a certain country’s government behind it. the goal of.

Of course, this deep purpose ends, and it is enough for the audience to make up their minds.

"Taken 3" is a Sino-US co-production, but it is not as confident as a wholly-owned Hollywood blockbuster, and it can even blow up the White House.

After learning of the dangers of the virus, Interpol immediately destroyed the batch of drugs, and only kept a sample and some materials for research to crack the virus.

Of course, many people may feel stupid when they see the plot.

But it is indeed a normal practice, because it is not sure if there is any other outflow, it is normal to leave a sample for research
And from a plot point of view, if the upright crackling destroys the key plot elements, the villain can no longer play.

Therefore, the samples had to be kept and let the multinational company know about it through the traitor, and then paid to invite the old brother Bai to directly raid the Interpol headquarters and snatch the virus samples.

After the samples were robbed, in order to prevent the virus from being used, Interpol invited the researchers at the time to try to make an antidote through them and the existing information.

When the second gangster was researching and making drugs, the heroine was one of the researchers, so she was naturally invited to the United States.

When the male protagonist learned about this, he also made a special trip to protect his safety, and at the same time met with his sister who was studying in the United States.

The rest of the story is simple.

An insider revealed that the multinational corporation definitely does not want Interpol to be troublesome, and hopes to capture all these researchers alive and use them for their own research.

Because they are the people who are most familiar with the existence of this new type of drug and can achieve results as soon as possible.

Lao Bai, who already had a personal enmity, added to his official business, kidnapped the heroine again, and at the same time arrested his sister.

Because the heroine is still needed to study drugs, Brother Laobai did not touch the two of them, and even hoped to attract the hero to take revenge through them.

Seeing the disappearance of his girlfriend's sister, the male protagonist launched another rescue operation.

Through various clues, the branch of the multinational group and Lao Bai and others were locked, and they followed the sabotage all the way, from Mexico to South America, then from South America to Australia, and finally returned to North America.

While the heroine and younger sister were also in the self-rescue period, the younger sister escaped secretly under the cover of her girlfriend, successfully contacted the hero, and made great contributions to the hero's tracking and rescue.

In the end, the male protagonist went to the villain's lair, and with the help of the Interpol who had dealt with the traitor, he wiped out the mercenaries such as Brother Bai.

And grasped the evidence, and then destroyed the multinational group in one fell swoop, and at the same time, the heroine and others also developed an antidote, even if there is still a missed virus, it can be solved.

In the end, the male protagonist declined the job invitation from Interpol and chose to return to China for development, while his girlfriend also received an offer from the domestic correction pharmaceutical industry and followed her boyfriend to China.

That’s right, it’s the real Xiuzheng Pharmaceuticals. As far as the offer in the movie is concerned, Xiuxiu spent 500 million US dollars, or RMB 3200 million+, which is considered to be the largest placement advertisement in the movie.

And considering the security situation in the country, there shouldn't be any situation that requires the hero to take action when the hero and heroine return to China, which also means that the "Taken" series is officially over.

Relatively speaking, the plot of "Taken 3" doesn't have much new ideas compared with the first two, but the scenes are bigger, there are more gun battles and blasting scenes, and there are even some team battles, which are still mainly action scenes and scenes.

There is no way, "Taken" is intended to rescue, during which the boss is easily defeated, and the relationship between the subject and the guest cannot be reversed.

Before, Fanxing initially wanted to engage in a rescue from other aspects, and did not deviate from the main line of rescue, but later felt that it was inappropriate.

Because the male lead in the first two films is set to retire + pay attention to the people around him, the former makes him not easy to meddle in other people's affairs, and he doesn't want to work hard for others. Only when he threatens his family and love, will he fight back vigorously.

So, doing an external task, and then asking the male protagonist to do it, completely deviates from the character setting, it is better to start another rescue series directly.

After thinking about it for a while, the screenwriter felt that he still chose to rescue relatives or brothers and comrades-in-arms.

When writing the script, I took into account that my sister would feel tired if I kept trying to save my girlfriend. The screenwriter once worked out the outline of the father, mother and comrades-in-arms, but in the end I felt that the girlfriend and sister were more interesting.

Although Hero Saves the Beauty is vulgar, the audience loves to watch it, and it is also a great weapon for Zhonghe's action scenes.

And continuing the plot of the second part, the kidnapping of the girlfriend will not be so abrupt.

If another newcomer is arrested, and all the people around the hero are arrested, he will really become a lone star of the gods. The logic is a bit outrageous, and he is not so unlucky.

In addition, from the perspective of business and company interests, Fan Xing is also inclined to the combination of Anne Hathaway + Liu Tianxian.

The former is a popular little flower in Hollywood, and fame is beneficial to the film, while the latter is one of his own, and he has to support it if he has the opportunity, and it is also beneficial to the Asian and domestic box office.

If it is replaced by other actors, let alone the plot effect, the cost performance and popularity may not be comparable to these two.

Therefore, Fan Xing finally followed the setting of the two heroines, reuniting the heroines of the first and second parts in the third part, and then directly ended the entire film series.

The new line is a little bit reluctant, and thinks that it can continue to shoot later, but I can't let my sister travel to Africa again, or get a comrade-in-arms to die.

But Cao Xuan wanted to accept it as soon as it was good, and kept on rescuing + fighting monsters. No matter who the target was, the audience would get tired of it.

Cao Xuan didn't want to put his reputation on it, and it's not like he didn't have other movies to make.

However, considering the good cooperation between the two parties, and the fact that the follow-up action movie will not be successful, Cao Xuan did not say anything about it.

The two parties agreed that if there is an opportunity in the future, they can try to release "XX Rescue" alone, which can be regarded as a sister chapter of "Hurricane Rescue", which can gain popularity without affecting film creation.

To be honest, Cao Xuan + Rescue has become a personal brand, and the "Taken" series has a volume of at least one billion US dollars, and has a very high influence in the field of action movies.

It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Xuan will make another "XX Rescue". Just because of the title and Cao Xuan's starring role, the global box office will not be less than 2 million US dollars.

Xinxian was persuaded, or there was nothing he could do about it, the creation and copyright belonged to Cao Xuan.

What they can do now is to tackle the problem with all their strength so that Cao Xuan can continue to cooperate with New Line in the next action movie.

Just tie the tree of Cao Xuan.

If the new movie is done, everyone is happy, if it doesn't work, you can still shoot the rescue series to restore blood, and you can make money without losing money.

.........

Cao Xuan chatted with Lao Bai for a while, and then began to walk around and set the scene. The two of them and other actors went through the details according to the assistant director's instructions.

Film and television shooting is very complicated. It is not simply a few actors standing there and shooting directly.

Many things need to be designed in advance, such as how the actors move in the scene, how to match the camera; what angles and movements can be the most suitable for the light, and the actors look good in the shots, all of which have to be adjusted slowly.

Fortunately, TV dramas have a lot of scenes to shoot, so they are often not so careful.

Movies are different. It takes more than an hour in total, and every shot has to be checked and carefully crafted, so more preparation work is required.

A movie scene of more than one hour often takes several months to shoot, and most of the time is spent on these adjustments and preparations.

As a professional actor, Cao Xuan often comes by himself, and it is not always necessary to cooperate with the lighting to set the light.

Because it takes a lot of time to find an angle, especially for special scenes such as night scenes and rain scenes, sometimes it may take several hours to fix the light.

Even if Cao Xuan doesn't play big games, he is willing to cooperate patiently, but as the male lead, he has a very heavy role in the role, and he can't wait to be broken in half by himself every day, so there is no time to waste it.

Therefore, Cao Xuan often has to be replaced, which is helpless. Most of the leading actors are unavoidable, even if they are dedicated old actors.

It is really time that does not allow, we can't put the cart before the horse, and delay the shooting progress for the sake of professionalism.

Therefore, many laymen attack Guangtai, thinking that actors are not professional, which is somewhat unnecessary.

There are also martial artists, there are specialists in martial arts, if you let the star do it by himself, he doesn't have that ability, and he doesn't look good when he fights, why not let professionals come.

And from a realistic point of view, if the leading actor is injured in some dangerous scenes, the loss to the crew will be immeasurable, and the director and producer will not take this risk.

As for hand substitutions, foot substitutions, and even naked substitutions, it is not without legitimate reasons.

For example, some plots require actors to cook, play the piano, write calligraphy, etc. Many actors do not have this skill, so they definitely need professionals.

Hand rests are mostly practical, and foot rests are mostly used on actresses, usually for aesthetics.

Don't think that many beauties in the entertainment industry have good-looking faces, but they also have good-looking feet. Everyone may have flaws.

In particular, many actresses practice dancing or wear high heels all year round, which has a great impact on their feet.

Cao Xuan has experience in this matter. The Empress of the East Palace practiced dancing when she was young, and her feet were not very good-looking.

And Cao Xuan has some related hobbies. After Donggong Empress realized it, she didn't practice dancing very much, and rarely wore high heels except for formal occasions. She also found a special beautician, and then gradually improved.

Aside from appearance, even if some actresses have good-looking feet, their feet may be too big or too small.

For example, sister Zhiling was revealed to be wearing a shoe size of 42, which is the size of some boys. This may not be suitable for some shots, so she needs to use a foot substitute.

The situation of nude replacements is a bit special, some are purely for aesthetics, the body is better than the actor's performance, and the filming looks better.

Some actors just can't save face. They don't want to take this kind of scene, so they can only find a substitute. The same is true for kiss substitutes, serving the needs of actors.

From the perspective of professionalism, the latter can be criticized, and the double that should be criticized the most is Wenti.

Most of the above can be said to have a reason, which is understandable, but some literal substitutions are unforgivable.

Wen substitute refers to a stand-in for an actor who does not show his face in the play, and is generally used in group plays, background plays and long-range shots.

In this kind of scene, actors usually don't need to show their faces, and find a substitute, so that the protagonist can save time to rest, play, and play...

In fact, Wenti was originally for the convenience of shooting, saving time and improving efficiency.

Even Cao Xuan actually used subtitles when filming TV dramas in his early years, because the shooting time was too tight, and there were so many scenes. There were many distant scenes and group scenes. time.

This is also the correct usage of Wenti, to save time by shooting some unimportant scraps.

But when it was in the hands of some actors, Wen Ti was no longer filming leftovers, but contracted 1/3, and some even more than half of the scenes.

The star only needs to show his face and take some close-up shots. As long as the other shots are not frontal shots, Wen will complete them. One can imagine the final product effect.

Wen Ti shoots non-close-up shots, reads 123 lines, and then asks the crew to dub, and even the actors don’t necessarily have to go to the location to shoot simultaneously, find a green screen, and directly cut out the pictures in post-production.

Doing so, with a sky-high salary, and then plausibly talking about the hard work and dedication of young actors, thinking that winning the award is a matter of course, and the bad reputation is due to the rhythm of the little black fans.

哕……

Cao Xuan's master, Li Xuejian, hardly needs a substitute unless there are special circumstances. He does all the text and light substitutes by himself, and in principle hopes to use his own original voice.

In the past two years, his health has been poor, and his hearing has sometimes declined, so he simply memorized everyone's lines, and then learned the lines according to the mouth patterns of the actors in the scene, and then performed them in order.

This is also what Cao Xuan admires most about his master. He has good acting skills, high character, and first-class art and morality.

Under his influence, Cao Xuan is also reducing the use of substitutes.

Wen Ti basically doesn't need it, just do it on his own if he can, Wu Ti has no choice but to minimize it as much as possible.

Cao Xuan seldom uses the word "dedication" to evaluate and promote himself, at most he works hard, because compared to those pure actors, he still feels that there is still a gap.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, Cao Xuan's approach is very rare.

Even in Hollywood, except for those drama lunatics and old-school actors, there are very few popular front-line actors who can do this.

For many foreign actors who have worked with Cao Xuan, the director spoke highly of his professional attitude, thinking that he is a professional and responsible person.

Don't look at the promotion of domestic marketing accounts. There are too many unprofessional star actors playing big names in Hollywood. It's just that they have a bad professional attitude, but most of them have a good professional level.

Coupled with the fact that domestic entertainment is too hip, it is difficult for any country's entertainment circle to become a role model for the industry...

bang bang

This scene is a gunfight, and when the position is fixed, it starts to shoot with a gun. Cao Xuan fights three, and finally kills two people. Lao Bai escapes, Cao Xuan catches up, and then goes to the next level.

To put it simply, it actually required a dozen shots to be assembled. The filming started at 10:4 am and ended at [-]:[-] pm.

Cao Xuan didn't even remember how many shots he had fired. Thanks to the props, if it was a real gun, his hands would probably be numb.

After discussing tomorrow's shooting plan with director Lin Chaoxian, Lao Bai still has some roles, so Cao Xuan can call it a day and leave.

After changing his costume, Cao Xuan took a car to the Hilton Hotel where he was staying. Just as he was about to go upstairs, he saw Hu Jing and Liu Tianxian coming back from the restaurant together.

Liu Tianxian is one of the heroines, and Hu Jing played the role of Interpol in the last film, and also appeared in this film, and can be regarded as one of the heads of Interpol.

Both of them have no part in the scene today. They went shopping in downtown San Francisco, and they just returned to the hotel not long ago.

"It's time for work?"

Hu Jing looked in the direction of the restaurant: "I'll get you what you want to eat. Today's foie gras is good, and grilled eel is also fine."

"I'm not hungry yet, let's order food in a while."

Cao Xuan ate a lot at noon, and it was only 5 o'clock, so he didn't have much appetite, so he took a look at the new clothes on the two of them, and wisely praised them.

"The clothes are nice."

"Looks good, I bought you two sets of sweaters, and Dayao's number is printed on the periphery of the rocket."

"Dayao has retired, so let's change the number, don't buy it wrong."

"I'm not stupid, I don't know YAO yet."

The two were bickering, and Liu Tianxian watched enviously from the side.

Although Cao Xuan's behavior of stepping on two boats made her feel ashamed at first, but sometimes after a long time of contact, knowing how the three of Cao Xuan got along in private, she still couldn't help being envious.

Deformity is deformity, but the relationship is really harmonious and sweet.

Putting aside the three nights and three days, she still yearns for this kind of intimate and beautiful relationship.

Back in the room, Cao Xuan changed into one of the hoodies, which was indeed pretty good, and even took a selfie and posted it on Weibo, not forgetting @一下大荣.

[I bought two pieces, one to wear by myself and one to keep as a collection, please sign for me later]

Half an hour later, Dayao replied in the comment section: "No problem, let's make an appointment in Shanghai when we come to Shanghai."

When Cao Xuan saw it, he couldn't help curling his lips. He plays football, which is barely at the middle level of amateurs. Basketball can only bully and bully children.

But the more talented he is, the more these people want to play basketball with him and experience the feeling of beating the richest man + superstar on the court.

Especially Xiao Zhou, who is almost suppressed by Cao Xuan in the field of music, so he especially loves to ask Cao Xuan to play basketball, and find a place from here.

Cao Xuan seldom paid attention to him, and occasionally agreed, and his teammates were all Dayao or CBA players, and continued to rub Xiao Zhou on the ground.

But aside from repairing Xiao Zhou, Cao Xuan is the one who is pressed and rubbed at other times, so he is "popular".

Without replying to Dayao, Cao Xuan lay on the bed and checked his mobile phone for a while, but when he came out of the bedroom, he saw Hu Jing and Liu Tianxian watching the computer together, chuckling from time to time.

Cao Xuan glanced at it, and Gu Miaomiao on the screen was packing his luggage, introducing something to the camera from time to time.

"I take this pillow with me everywhere. It's made of latex. It can also protect my cervical spine. If I didn't have this pillow, I wouldn't be able to sleep well. I usually have to struggle for three or four hours to fall asleep..."

"Is this a delivery?"

Cao Xuan was a little confused, Liu Tianxian explained to him: "This is the first issue of "Flowers and Boys". The guests are expected to be at home and prepare their luggage for departure."

"Not to mention, this pillow looks really good, I can take one with me on business trips in the future."

"And the makeup mirror of Sister Ning Jing just now can turn on the lights by itself, which is very suitable for use in hotels or cars where the lights are not good."

"Hu Ge's one-time compressed towel is also very good. I don't know if the towels in some hotels have been changed or not, and I always have lumps in my heart."

"..."

The two of them had a heated discussion. Sometimes actors stay in a hotel for two or three months, so they instinctively pay attention to things that are useful for traveling and film crews.

Even though Hu Jing seldom comes out to film now, she still wants to prepare it for Cao Xuan. While looking at the screen, she has already taken out her mobile phone and searched for the same item on Taobao.

Cao Xuan was amazed at the side. He didn't expect that this variety show hadn't been released yet, and the effect of bringing goods was not bad.

With the keenness of a mature businessman, he immediately noticed the commercial operability inside.

If the program group and the advertising department are not stupid, there will probably be some embedded advertisements in the following programs.

After all, no matter how good the advertisement is, it is not as convincing as the daily real use of celebrities in private.

Like the sunscreen that Gu Miaomiao casually mentioned, if the influence of the program is high enough, it can directly form an advertising effect on the product.

Now it is estimated that the program team is not experienced enough in this kind of follow-up daily variety show, and has not realized this problem. It is estimated that after two episodes, such branded things should be mosaic and silenced.

As a viewer, Cao Xuan felt that such an approach greatly affected the viewing experience.

But as the behind-the-scenes boss of the program group, Cao Xuan is very supportive of this kind of behavior, and even a little worried that there are not enough advertisements.

So Cao Xuan and the person in charge of the program group called to remind them, but in fact the person in charge is also aware of this problem and is now solving it.

"Flowers and Boys" adopts the mode of recording and broadcasting at the same time. It is estimated that a total of 12 to 15 episodes will be recorded. According to the plan, the guests will travel to a country for three days and two nights. These materials will eventually be cut into 2~3 episodes programme.

At present, the program group has only completed one trip, gathered 3 episodes of the program, and then tested the waters for broadcast, and then adjusted to a certain extent according to word of mouth and feedback.

Therefore, this also leaves a certain amount of reaction time for the program group, which can further tap the commercial potential.

Satisfied, Cao Xuan hung up the phone, and sat watching the show with Hu and Liu. During the period, he did not forget to remind them to take photos and post on Weibo to promote the show.