The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 541 "Parasite" is finished

When you focus on something, time flies.

For Li Shengyao, this is the feeling.

Since Yan Jing re-entered Hong Kong Island, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the production of "Parasite". The scene where the male protagonist, father and son, ran wildly in the rainy night took a long time, and it took six nights to achieve what he wanted. desired effect.

The rest of the plot was relatively easy to shoot, and they moved forward quickly, making the filming of "Parasite" more and more efficient.

It was under such circumstances that December arrived quietly, and the filming of "Parasite" reached its final stage.

At ten o'clock in the morning that day, at the Mid-level Villa, the set workers had set up the scene, and the actors were also ready to take their places.

The assistant director shouted to start, and the actors immediately began to perform.

Today is the last scene of "Parasite", which is the birthday party of the rich man's son. The man who has been hiding in the basement rushes out to take revenge and kills the hero's daughter. The hero's wife rushes forward and fights with the man. Together.

The rich man was anxious to take his son to seek medical treatment and ignored the hero's daughter. At the same time, his disgust with the poor completely inspired the hero, who killed the rich man with a knife.

All the emotions of the movie are completely released at this moment.

This scene is not a big scene, the killing is just more ketchup.

However, this is the most trendy plot in the movie, and it requires actors with sufficient acting skills to support such emotions and infect the audience.

In Lee Sung-yao's previous life, Bong Joon-ho's handling was still very calm. The actor didn't have many emotions on the surface. It was just the rich man who showed disgust at the end. The camera here is slightly slowed down and zoomed in to express the actor's shock and anger. Affection.

Although Song Kanghao, the top actor in Peninsula, has very small eyes, his eye play is very exciting. In just one shot, his eyes are full of anger, violence, and murderous intent. Then he looks a bit mechanical with a knife, and he runs forward and kills the rich man with a knife.

This was a very impulsive act, and he was still a little confused.

Li Shengyao felt that the handling here was very good, the emotions were in place, but there was not too much exaggeration. While shocking the audience, he quickly took them away, thus giving the audience more to think about.

When Li Shengyao led the actors into position, he focused on explaining the requirements of this scene.

All actors must be as accurate as possible, hold back their performance, and not shine too much. Others must serve Liang Jiahui's outburst.

Liang Jiahui wants to continue the overall style of the movie, and also needs to have as few expressions as possible to shock the audience as much as possible.

It cannot be said that all of the actors he chose are capable, but at least there are no slow-down actors.

Generally speaking, Li Shengyao is relatively relieved.

It's just that when filming such a dramatic plot, it's not easy to accurately convey expressions, especially with so many actors grouped together, which requires everyone to catch up with the corresponding rhythm.

The actors have been filming this scene for several days.

It has never met the requirements that Li Shengyao wanted.

Li Shengyao has already announced when the requirements will be met and when the project will be completed.

The media in Hong Kong know that "Parasite" is about to be completed. Many media are guessing about the film's completion date. Some think it will be December 21st, and some think it will be December 23rd.

The reason why they guessed these two days is because these two days are good days in the lunar calendar.

Li Shengyao was naturally dismissive of such claims. He did not believe these nonsense.

He still told the actors that once the effect he wanted was achieved, the filming would be completed immediately, which could be any day in the future.

At this time, the actors were engaged. The crazy man played by Ni Dahong staggered out and saw other people celebrating. The actor's family blended in. He was so angry that he was about to rush out, but he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Ni Dahong was also very involved in the performance. He immediately stood up, then rushed forward and stabbed the hero's daughter into the chest with a knife.

No one else reacted, and until then, they screamed and began to retreat in confusion.

After a while, Li Shengyao called out, and Ni Dahong walked over embarrassedly, "Director, I didn't stand firm just now and fell."

"It's okay. The part just now was quite good. I will seriously consider whether to act it like this. You can also think about it."

The character played by Ni Dahong was imprisoned for a day, and his wife died, which was a double blow to his body and mind. Under such circumstances, it is normal for him to stumble and stumble.

It can even be said that falling down and then getting up and stabbing someone further highlighted his anger.

Hearing this, Ni Dahong nodded thoughtfully.

On the other side, Liang Jiahui pulled up a chair, then frowned and sat down.

He still felt that he did not capture the best state and his performance was not precise enough.

This scene had been filmed for several days, and he was just waiting for it to be finished. He was feeling quite stressed.

However, as an excellent actor, in such an important movie, he knows that the opportunity is rare and he must give his best performance.

Based on past experience, he continued to adjust and grind it out.

But this time he felt it was not possible. It was easier for him to concentrate in the past, but now there are many things on Hong Kong Island, and his two daughters are also worrying him. He found that he could not fully devote himself to it.

He wanted to take two days off to rest, but he was a little confused.

After all, there are so many actors and field staff waiting for him.

At this moment, Li Shengyao walked over and said, "Brother Jiahui, what's the matter?"

"Director, I find that I can't fully devote myself to the role. I have too much information in my mind these days. I want to take two days off."

After hesitating for a moment, Liang Jiahui finally expressed his thoughts.

Although Li Shengyao is not an actor, he understands such behavior.

"Okay, let's take two days off."

Li Shengyao did not announce immediately. He did not want to continue to put pressure on Liang Jiahui. After half an hour, he announced that the reason was that everyone was in normal condition and would rest for two days before coming back.

The other actors didn't know the situation and thought it was their own problem, so they just let the matter go.

Two days later, the crew of "Parasite" re-filmed the last scene. This time the actors performed much better, especially Liang Jiahui, who gave Li Shengyao a very good feeling. At this time, Lao Liang was finally able to hold up the big emotions at the end.

In the midst of everyone's attention, Liang Jiahui stiffly raised his dagger, and then stabbed it heavily into the rich man's chest.

Amid the shouts, the crowd dispersed, and Liang Jiahui fled in a hurry. There was no fear, excitement, or excitement after the murder, only the lingering confusion.

After calling the card, Li Shengyao stood up, clapped his hands and applauded, "Very good, passed."

Cheers rang out as the shot finally passed and "Parasite" was finished.

Lee Sheng-yew took over the loudspeaker and announced that "Parasite" was finished. Then he led his assistants to give out red envelopes to everyone. He also told everyone that they must go to the celebration banquet that night, otherwise the banquet would not be held.

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At night, a bright moon hangs high in the sky, accompanied by several stars.

Still at the Victoria Hotel, facing the light sea breeze and accompanied by the cheerful music of the orchestra, the crew of "Parasite" held a closing banquet here.

All the actors came over, and so did all the stage workers. Li Shengyao took several assistant directors to toast the actors and stage workers.

After two rounds of toasts, Li Shengyao sat back at the main table, smiled and chatted with Liu Dehua and Liang Jiahui for dinner.

It could be seen that Liang Jiahui was very happy and raised his glass to drink. "I'm happy today, my wife told me, feel free to drink, come on, come on, Andy, I respect you."

"Dahong, I respect you."

"Director, I respect you."

Liang Jiahui obviously overestimated his drinking capacity. After about half an hour, he became a little drunk.

Artists in Hong Kong's entertainment industry really like to drink. That is to say, there is no news about Andy Lau's good wine, but everyone else does.

For example, Liang Chaowei is a drunkard, and he has fun every day without drinking.

For example, Zhou Runfu has thousands of bottles of good wine in his home wine cabinet. Whenever he is at home, he must open a bottle and taste it.

Liang Jiahui should not be a wine man, but a person who likes what is in the cup.

Li Shengyao had seen the news that Leung Ka Hui and Zhang Guorong liked to get together and drink together after filming.

At this time, mainland actors like Ni Dahong and Ding Jiali were a little surprised. They didn't expect Liang Jiahui to drink so much.

Liu Dehua was not surprised. He chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Jiahui drinks very well. He doesn't hit people or yell. He just talks a lot."

Liang Jiahui laughed to himself for a while and seemed to have regained some sense. He then came to Li Shengyao with a glass of wine and said emotionally: "Director Li, I really want to thank you this time. I haven't encountered such a wonderful story in several years." , it is my honor to star in such a movie."

He picked up the glass, took a sip, and then said: "You are very powerful. You are worthy of being a great director who won the Palme d'Or. You know what story you want to tell, and you know what effect you want. We don't need to guess, we will act with you." , we have a goal and save a lot of worry.

And the team is great, Ding Jiali, Liu Dehua, Ni Dahong, Liu Tao... everyone is excellent and serious.

The film crew is also very good. They follow you very maturely and arrange everything in an orderly manner. It is really comfortable to shoot with such a crew.

When I was filming "Uncle" before, you let me star in a very good TV series. This time, "Parasite" is the main role, and I have another very good movie. Thank you very much. "

Li Shengyao raised his glass and clinked a drink with Liang Jiahui.

“We work with each other, no need to say thank you.”

He can actually understand actors like Liang Jiahui.

He has very good acting skills and has a very good reputation among ordinary people, but under the general environment, there are really few good works.

I want to act well in movies, but it's not his turn.

To support my family, I can only accept any movie.

In the entire Chinese film and television industry, the actor with the best luck is undoubtedly Tony Leung.

"In the Mood for Love", "Infernal Affairs", "Chungking Express", "Tricycle Driver", "Flowers of the Sea", "Sad City", "Happy Together" and a series of excellent movies.

According to statistics from the media, Tony Leung Chiu-wei's award-winning films are second only to Toshio Mifune of the island country in Asia. He can be said to be the actor with the second highest number of films in Asia, and there are very few actors in the world.

This is the reason why Liang Chaowei was able to win the Venice Lifetime Achievement Award later. He might also win the Berlin and Cannes Lifetime Achievement Awards in the future. The thickness of his works is too high.

While major directors all like Tony Leung, other outstanding actors in Hong Kong Island are relatively not so lucky.

For example, Wu Zhenyu has not won a heavyweight actor so far.

Liang Jiahui shook his head, "It's different. There are too many actors like me, but there are very few works like "Parasite". This movie is very exciting and will definitely win an award."

He then turned to Liu Dehua, "Do you think so?"

Liu Dehua immediately answered, "Yes, I will definitely win the prize."

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, listening quietly to Liang Jiahui's speech.

He could feel that Liang Jiahui was excited, happy, and eager for the film to win awards.

Liang Jiahui's luck as a director is relatively average. That is to say, he met Li Hanxiang and admired him. Unfortunately, he was banned by Wanwan after filming "Curtain Curtain". His subsequent films were mainly commercial films, and most of his films were nothing in terms of artistic achievements. Worth saying.

Li Shengyao completely understood his mentality at this time.

Many people think that it doesn’t matter whether a movie wins awards or not, as long as it has a high box office.

But the film and television industry doesn't see it that way. Kaizi's movie "Farewell My Concubine" has people praising him no matter how much he messes up in the future.

In addition to being polite to Lao Mouzi, Brother Kaizi never hid his disdain for other mainland directors.

Xiaogangpao has won several annual championships, but even Brother Kaizi looks down on him.

Ultimately, isn't it because Xiaogangpao's movie is not thick enough and has not been recognized by people in the industry?
Any aspiring actor or director must hope to have a substantial enough work.

In this regard, in Hong Kong, only Cheng Long, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu and Zhou Runfu are confident, but others are not very good.

Liang Jiahui drank too much and talked a lot. I don't know when he started talking about his two daughters. He said that when his daughters grew up, they were pursued by many young men and he was worried that they would be beaten by that pig.

After chatting for half an hour, he left and asked Liu Dehua to talk.

Lee Sheng-yew had almost finished eating, and was about to take the assistant directors for another round of tributes, and then he would withdraw first. At this moment, Chen Kexin, Wu Yusen, Huang Baiming and other Hong Kong directors came over.

"Director Li, congratulations on finishing filming. Another very exciting work is about to be released."

"Director Li, I will definitely support the new movie. I believe I can win an award this time."

"Director Li, I really envy you. You have completed the filming of the movie so smoothly. The next step is post-production, and then you will kill everyone."

The directors came over, and soon some actors, producers and agents came over to congratulate Lee Sheng Yew.

Everyone said good things and said the movie would win awards.

Li Shengyao responded with a smile. Liang Jiawui sincerely hopes that "Parasite" will win the award, but it is hard to say for others.

With so much hype, the production team behind "Parasite" is very excited.

Zhang Mo said to Li Shengyao: "Director, we will definitely win the award."

Bi Gan was beside him, and he was also very excited. He went to Cannes in May this year, and he very much wanted to go to Cannes next year.

"let it go."

Li Shengyao stood in front of the glass wall and replied in a pretentious manner.

The lights of Victoria Bay at night are as bright as day.

Luxury cars are everywhere, young men in fancy clothes, and girls carrying luxury bags.

From far away, you can hear their laughter, the sound of high heels hitting the ground, and the sound of glasses clinking.

The air smelled of perfume, red wine, and evening breeze mixed together.

Lee Sing-yew looked over Victoria Bay and couldn't help but think of that night in May when he stood on the podium at Cannes, facing a group of entertainment celebrities from all over the world.

To compare, it is more satisfying to stand on the podium in Cannes.

(End of this chapter)