I'm not just a director

The two and a half days of filming in Hong Kong ended with basically no major disturbances.

Jiang Pei'an's acting skills are obvious to all, and even Zhou Xingchi, who is always known for his strictness, can't find too many faults.

Subsequently, the entire "Kung Fu" crew moved to Shanghai.

The first stop when coming to the Magic City is the famous "Pig Cage Walled City".

The prototype of the Pig Cage Walled City is the famous Kowloon Walled City, which was the "Three No Matters" zone in Hong Kong Province in the 90s.

It is surrounded by tube towers on all sides, and inside the towers are densely packed rooms with clothes-drying poles scattered all over the place.

Such a Pig Cage Walled City in the Magic City is located in Longchang Apartment at No. 362 Longchang Road, YP District.

Longchang Apartment was built in 1930. It was designed and built by the British as a barracks for the Yangshupu Patrol House in the public concession, named "Glen Road Patrol House".

The iron windows built at that time to imprison prisoners are still preserved today.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the barracks here became the staff dormitories of the Yangpu Public Security Bureau branch, and the name "Longchang Apartment" came into being.

Later, the Public Security Bureau moved away, and so did the employees.

Due to its strategic location and low rent, Longchang Apartment has gradually moved in many new residents and turned it into public housing.

In the magical city at that time, Longchang Apartment was one of the few courtyard-style buildings with modernist style.

It resembles both the cylindrical building of the Fujian Tulou in the East and the ancient Roman Colosseum in the West.

The exterior facade is made of red bricks, while the inner courtyard is made of plain concrete. The gray cement walls make the Longchang Apartment look slightly dark and gloomy.

The gate faces east and west, with a "hui"-shaped building plan and a huge "kou"-shaped patio in the middle.

It is heavily surrounded by four towering plain concrete buildings. Standing in the courtyard and looking up, it is like "sitting in a well and looking at the sky."

When Jiang Peian and his party appeared at Longchang Apartment, the media people who had already received the news immediately rushed forward like chicken blood.

"Director Zhou, isn't it rumored that "Kung Fu" has been completed a long time ago? Why is it filming in Shanghai again now? Is it a reshoot?"

"Director Jiang, weren't you filming "Painted Skin"? Why did you suddenly show up on the set of "Kung Fu"?"

"Are you two collaborating? Can you tell us which role Director Jiang plays in "Kung Fu" and how big his role is?"

Reporters surrounded the entrance of Longchang Apartment. Seeing this situation, Jiang Pei'an had a headache.

Who the hell leaked the news?

However, Zhou Xingchi, who has always disliked appearing in public, took the initiative to appear in front of the camera and said in his unsmooth Mandarin:

"Yes, a large part of "Kung Fu" has indeed been filmed before, but in order to wait for Pei An, our entire crew is willing to come to the magic city to reshoot some scenes."

After hearing Zhou Xingchi's words, the reporters instantly went crazy and asked quickly:

"Director Zhou, can we understand what you said is that no one can be without Jiang Pei'an in the movie "Kung Fu". After all, you are willing to stop and wait for his schedule."

Zhou Xingchi smiled and said:

"This is a very offending topic. It's not that Pei'an is more important than anyone else. It's just that in my opinion, Pei'an is worthy of me waiting for him and cooperating with his time."

Although Zhou Xingchi's words were not as exaggerated as the reporter's question, the admiration for Jiang Pei'an revealed in his words was not concealed at all.

The reporters were very excited. Zhou Xingchi can be said to be a great god in the entertainment industry.

His films were popular in China in the 20s and 80s, and he was known as the number one Chinese-language film maker.

He not only created the history of Hong Kong Province in film, but also created his own history in film history.

The significance of Stephen Chow's film achievements is not just in terms of box office, but also milestone.

It has a great influence on the mainland, Southeast Asia and the entire Chinese film industry.

Jiang Pei'an became famous quickly, and his box office hit record highs, but he always became famous too late and his foundation was too shallow.

In the eyes of outsiders, Jiang Peian seems to be a "nouveau riche" with no accumulated background.

When talking about today's Chinese directors, the first thing that comes to many people's minds must be the face of an old farmer from Shaanxi Province, Lao Mouzi.

The second is the little steel cannon with pointed ears and monkey cheeks or the "scholar"-like Dao Chen.

As for Jiang Peian, I guess it will be a little later.

But today, the great master Zhou Xingchi actually spared no effort to praise Jiang Pei'an in front of all reporters and classified him as an indispensable creative staff member of "Kung Fu".

You must know that the movie "Kung Fu" is a movie written, directed and acted by Zhou Xingchi. If there is one person who is indispensable, it is definitely himself.

But now he is willing to give this quota to one more person, to Jiang Pei'an.

This shows Jiang Peian's status in his heart.

The reporters present seemed to be very proud, after all, this master was rumored to be particularly difficult to get along with and extremely harsh.

They were very proud that they would not hesitate to praise a young director from the Mainland. They were both from the Mainland, even though this matter had nothing to do with them...

“Everyone, we will be filming later, so please don’t disturb our progress.

Director Jiang is very pressed for time, so he took the trouble to come and help me this time. I hope he won’t waste unnecessary time on interviews. Thank you for your cooperation. "

In the end, Zhou Xingchi revealed his venomous side, although the reporters present felt offended.

But everyone still happily nodded in agreement and cooperated to get out of the way to let the crew in.

Haha, I’ve got all the news materials I want, what’s wrong with being criticized?

……

While Jiang Pei'an was diligently filming in Longchang Apartment, press releases from the outside world were already flying all over the place.

"Stephen Chow invites Jiang Pei'an to film the new movie "Kung Fu". Stephen Chow: It's worth waiting for Jiang Pei'an for as long as possible."

"It's been revealed that Mr. Star has invited Jiang Pei'an to join the cast of his new movie. He said frankly that the role must be Jiang Pei'an."

"The mutual sympathy between directors, I look forward to the passionate collision between Sing Ye and Jiang Pei'an in Sing Ye's new movie "Kung Fu"."

When the press release came out, the audience was confused.

Jiang Peian? Isn't he filming his new movie?

Why are you with Zhou Xingchi again?

Only when everyone saw the photos of Jiang Pei'an and Zhou Xingchi standing together and the behind-the-scenes footage from the set did they dare to believe it.

"Damn it, Master Xing and Director Jiang, these two are my favorite movie directors and actors. I didn't expect them to actually make a movie together. This is an epic collaboration."

"I love it, I look forward to their cooperation. I will definitely buy a ticket to support the new movie after it is released!"

"Director Jiang just has a good reputation. Don't forget, director Feng Xiaogang also starred in "Kung Fu".

At that time, Feng Xiaogang rushed over as soon as Master Xing called him. But where is Director Jiang? Mr. Xing would rather stop filming and wait for Director Jiang to participate in the film. This is the show! "

The audience made a lot of comments and everything.

And the comment that "Zhou Xingchi has different attitudes towards Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Peian" was also commented enthusiastically by many netizens who were good-hearted.

There are even media outlets that are constantly publishing articles based on this trend. "I said, you just filmed it. If you have to show off in front of the media, you are innocently being shot."

In the evening, Jiang Peian received a call from Feng Xiaogang, who complained to him on the phone.

Jiang Peian called Qu on the phone:

"Director Feng, you also saw that I didn't say a word in the report. It was people with ulterior motives who deliberately stirred up trouble. Don't you know the character of those media? I was wronged."

"Harm, this is bullshit. I don't want to pay attention to them. When I have my hands free one day, I will settle the old and new accounts with them."

Feng Xiaogang cursed angrily.

"Haha, Director Feng, calm down. It's not worth getting so angry over this matter. How is the filming of your movie going?"

Feng Xiaogang is filming his masterpiece "A World Without Thieves".

"A World Without Thieves" was prepared at almost the same time as "Painted Skin".

To be more specific, "A World Without Thieves" started filming quite early. The crew had already started filming in Xiahe, Suzhou Province in mid-April.

This is still a comedy with Feng's distinctive features.

In this film, Feng Xiaogang still made a gratifying breakthrough in terms of ideology.

Although the film still rewards the good guys in the end, its efforts to present the concepts of good and evil in a paradoxical form still give people a refreshing feeling.

Jiang Pei'an liked this movie very much in his previous life. It can be said that this is one of Feng Xiaogang's few good movies.

It is worth mentioning that this year is also the early highlight moment for model worker Liu Tianwang, who has successfully entered the mainland film industry.

He shot two mainland blockbusters in one year and became the highest-grossing actor this year!

Similarly, "Silly Gen" Wang Baoqiang emerged as a model of grassroots counterattack.

Later, he filmed the "Legend·Fantasy Businessman", which did not care about the life or death of the audience and had an eye-catching appearance.

Many people may not have much idea of ​​this name, but a search for "Wang Baoqiang Nezha" on the Internet will definitely bring up a wave of familiar emoticons...

Feng Xiaogang calmed down, and when he mentioned his masterpiece, he was full of confidence and said:

"Everything is going well so far. It seems that this year it will be the two of us competing again. Don't you act like a pervert and win another [-] million yuan box office trophy."

Jiang Pei'an smiled and said:

"Director Feng, you can't just stare at me. You also have to be careful about Director Zhang's "House of Flying Daggers". He spent three years polishing this work."

The script preparation for "House of Flying Daggers" started in the middle of the filming of "Hero".

It is said that on the set of "Hero", Lao Mouzi would spend two hours every day after work to discuss the script of "House of Flying Daggers" with the screenwriter.

In order to shoot the film, the crew spent more than two months and spent 200 million yuan to build the Peony Workshop, including more than 200 pillars, four to five hundred real wood hand-carved windows, and more than 50 palace lanterns. indivual.

During the filming of this movie, the crew usually entered the scene at 8 a.m. every day and finished work at 5 p.m.

Moreover, we generally choose to shoot when the weather is sunny, and only two scenes were shot when there is mist.

When filming the scene where International Zhang and others were flying on the bamboo tips, the crew brought in two cranes.

In addition, the crew also invited 200 armed police soldiers to act as extras to cooperate with the International Chapter in filming...

Therefore, Lao Mouzi, who makes movies, has a hard-working and sincere "peasant" spirit.

In this regard, neither Feng Xiaogang nor Director Chen, nor Jiang Peian who came out halfway, can compare with Lao Mouzi.

"Well... Director Zhang really has to be on guard. Hey... If you give birth to Feng, why give birth to Jiang? I'm old."

Feng Xiaogang's high spirits just now seemed to have disappeared, and his tone was quite lonely.

Hearing his words, Jiang Pei'an was confused. The old boy didn't take Lao Mouzi seriously.

In fact, in the original time and space, "House of Flying Daggers" was far ahead with a box office score of 1.5 million, while Feng Xiaogang's "A World Without Thieves" ranked third at the box office with a [-] million less.

The first place is, of course, "Kung Fu".

Of course, Feng Xiaogang did look down on Lao Mouzi. In later generations, he once mocked Lao Mouzi in the show.

他 说:

“I can invest more than 1 million yuan in a film at most, and I can almost recover the cost!

Unlike some directors who make a movie with 10 billion, they can’t make even 5 million! I am alone in seeking defeat. Who can surpass me at the box office? "

This statement is actually a mockery of Lao Mouzi's Sino-US co-production blockbuster "The Great Wall".

Although this incident happened relatively late, in the early days, the relationship between Feng Xiaogang and Lao Mouzi was indeed neither salty nor weak. In short, the two had almost no contact with each other, and neither of them looked down on the other.

After the two hung up the phone, Jiang Peian began to listen to Chang Xiaoyang's report on the situation on the "Painted Skin" set.

This is a habit he has developed since he joined the "Kung Fu" crew. He always needs to know everything going on on his set.

"Okay, I guess it will be over in two days. You can take pictures and wait for me to get back. Well, that's it for now, hang up."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Peian was preparing to take a rest when there was a knock on his door.

"Please come in."

The door was opened, and a fragrant breeze flowed into the house.

"Hello, Director Jiang, I'm sorry to disturb you so late."

A soft voice sounded in the room. Jiang Pei'an looked up and saw that this was not Huang Shengyi, the heroine of "Kung Fu".

The two of them only had a few scenes opposite each other on the set, so of course they had to call her over for reshoots of Jiang Pei'an's scenes.

However, the two rarely talked to each other on the set. Jiang Peian looked at the time and saw that it was already nine o'clock in the evening. What was she doing here at this hour?

Just when Huang Shengyi was about to close the door, Jiang Peian frowned and said:

"There's no need to close the door. It's so late. What's wrong?"

When I first watched "Kung Fu", this woman was the white moonlight in the hearts of many men. With her delicate and self-reliant character, coupled with her pure and beautiful face, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a man's ultimate dream.

It's a pity that later on, when she was on the list of big names and faced off against Bo in court with Xinghui Movies, she really lost more than half of her idol halo.

Later, during the short video explosion period, the ferocious expressions of her and her husband "linking to 321" in the live broadcast room simply shattered many people's childhood filters...

An actress knocks on the door of an actor in her cast late at night, and the actor himself is a very good director. So what is her purpose?

Jiang Pei'an always thinks the worst about people. After all, in such a big dyeing vat in the entertainment industry, he has to be on guard.

... (end of this chapter)