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Chapter 392: The communication with Emperor Gong!

Chapter 392: The communication with Emperor Gong!
It is not a new thing in the industry that Tsui Hark spends money on filming, and Jiang Xiaofeng is naturally aware of it, so before the filming of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", he told the producer to keep a check on him.

But after staying on the set for a while, I still secretly sweated when I saw Tsui Hark's lavish spending. After all, the money was taken out of his pocket.

However, compared with directors like Jiang Wen who have no budget for scheduling films, Jiang Xiaofeng is still more at ease with Tsui Hark. At least he can clearly understand why Tsui Hark spends such money.

When Jiang Wen was filming, Jiang Xiaofeng often didn't understand some of his actions and found them bizarre and difficult to understand.

For example, why do you have to take tens of thousands of the same photo, and then select one from the tens of thousands of photos?

Closer to home, after the filming of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" started, Jiang Xiaofeng devoted himself wholeheartedly to the role of Detective Dee.

Jiang Xiaofeng considers himself not a talented actor, so most of the time, he combines his own understanding of the character and then follows the guidance of director Tsui Hark to interpret Dee Renjie in the movie.

Of course, Jiang Xiaofeng also has his own ideas. He does not blindly follow director Tsui Hark's guidance. In some scenes, when he disagrees with Tsui Hark's performance, he will have his own insistence.

As a movie, compared to Liang Guanhua's TV series "Detective Dee", the pace of "Detective Dee: The Empire" is definitely much faster, and Jiang Xiaofeng's expressions and movements need to be taken into consideration.

At the beginning, Di Renjie walked out of the cell with disheveled hair and unshaven beard. Although he looked downcast, Jiang Xiaofeng's aura was quite imposing, and the arrogance in his bones was evident on his skin.

This opening can make people full of expectations for the subsequent plot.

As a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, even though he was unjustly imprisoned for eight years, Di Renjie still devoted himself to serving the country.

When Di Renjie faced Emperor Wu Zetian, his original arrogance disappeared and was replaced by respect and obedience. This also highlighted Di Renjie's loyal and courageous side.

Also playing Di Renjie, Jiang Xiaofeng and Liang Guanhua's performances are unique, with clear lines and delicate expressions.

Moreover, what surprised Tsui Hark the most was Jiang Xiaofeng's action scenes, which were very chic and relaxed. They were much better than ordinary actors. Many difficult actions did not require a stand-in.

Compared with Jiang Xiaofeng, who worked well with the director, Gong Li was more difficult to deal with. From the moment the makeup was set, she and Tsui Hark started to quarrel over differences of opinion.

What Tsui Hark meant was that he hoped Gong Li would bleach her eyebrows just to make it easier to draw the strange eyebrow shapes that are long and short in the drama.

Gong Li felt it was unnecessary, and said bluntly: "Why do you need to bleach your eyebrows? If I don't bleach my eyebrows, can't I act?"

Tsui Hark replied without any sign of weakness: "You don't need to bleach your eyebrows, but your eyebrows must be done, because in the Tang Dynasty, eyebrows were a symbol of status. Wu Zetian's eyebrows..."

Gong Li felt that using eyebrows to make a fuss was too superficial and completely unnecessary. She could use her acting skills to show Wu Zetian's status and psychological changes.

However, in director Tsui Hark's view, Wu Zetian's eyebrows have a very important symbolic meaning in this movie. They reflect Wu Zetian's personality and psychological changes, and also show her power and ambition.

At the beginning of the story, Wu Zetian is a woman who listens to politics behind the curtain. Her eyebrows are light, showing a soft and gentle temperament.

Although she has taken control of the government, she has not yet officially ascended the throne, and she still has to face opposition forces and assassination plots in the government, so her eyebrows reflect her caution and patience.

As the plot develops, Wu Zetian's eyebrows will gradually become thicker and darker, showing an arrogant and cold temperament.

Tsui Hark told Gong Li that she did not hesitate to sacrifice countless lives in the process of building the Tongtian Pagoda. In order to demonstrate her supreme authority, she also began to purge and exclude her cronies and courtiers around her, and even did not hesitate to kill those she once loved. , her eyebrows also reflect her cruelty and arrogance.

Finally, Wu Zetian's eyebrows will become extremely exaggerated and dazzling, showing a crazy and twisted temperament. During the enthronement ceremony, she will dress herself up as a shining golden goddess and deify herself as the "Mother Emperor".She completely lost her reason and humanity, leaving only endless desires and delusions. Tsui Hark believed that her eyebrows at this time also reflected her degradation and destruction.

Under Tsui Hark's patient explanation, Gong Li also chose to compromise and bleach her eyebrows.

But having a domineering appearance is not enough. As the absolute "god" in the film, Wu Zetian's eyes also need to reveal the look of "seeing through everything".

For this reason, Gong Li deliberately half-closed her big eyes and went to film as if she was not awake.

Not to mention, the effect is very good. The Wu Zetian she plays seems to have seen through everything and is in control.

Tsui Hark also praised Gong Li for her superb acting skills and her performance of Wu Zetian in her mind.

Gong Li was originally the most suitable candidate for Wu Zetian in Jiang Xiaofeng's mind. Naturally, he was very pleased to see that Wu Zetian played by Gong Li was both spiritual and physical.

And getting along day and night on the set also made Jiang Xiaofeng and Gong Li, a man and woman ten years apart, become opposite-sex friends who talk about everything.

this evening.

Because the show started early, Jiang Xiaofeng asked the chef to prepare a table of delicious food, opened two bottles of French red wine, and entertained Gong Li in his presidential suite.

Seeing Jiang Xiaofeng having such a grand dinner, Gong Li asked with a smile: "You can just have a casual meal, what are you doing?"

Jiang Xiaofeng smiled and replied: "We work so hard on filming, we can't eat too casually."

After joking for a few words, Jiang Xiaofeng and Gong Li began to eat food and drink.

After drinking a bottle of red wine, Jiang Xiaofeng and Gong Li looked at each other with ambiguous and blurry eyes, and both began to let go of their inner defenses.

Neither of them are good men and women, so they naturally know each other's inner thoughts, especially after more than a month of contact, Gong Li and Jiang Xiaofeng have been testing and pulling each other.

Gong Li admires Jiang Xiaofeng for being young, promising, confident, strong and capable.

And Jiang Xiaofeng also coveted the mature womanly aura that Gong Li exuded all over her body, and also liked her plump and healthy figure very much.

The two of them hit it off immediately, almost breaking the window paper.

This time Jiang Xiaofeng took the initiative to host a banquet, which could be regarded as an expression of his importance and love for Gong Li.

Before the two bottles of red wine were finished, Jiang Xiaofeng and Gong Li were already talking and laughing, sitting together and holding each other's hands.

Seeing Jiang Xiaofeng showing his fox tail, Gong Li felt very proud and joked with a smile: "I knew you had bad intentions!"

Jiang Xiaofeng smiled and explained: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so grumpy, how can this be said to be unkind."

As he spoke, Jiang Xiaofeng stretched out his hand and hugged Gong Li into his arms.

(End of this chapter)

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