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Chapter 51 Sci-Fi Films Sense of Worshiping God

Just as the production staff took out the high fragrance for worshiping gods and distributed them to the main creators, Guo Fan suddenly trotted out with a backpack from nowhere.

"Teacher Gu, use this to worship gods, it's powerful!" Guo Fan said excitedly.

"What is this?"

"Hey!" Guo Fan took out a bunch of props from his bag and placed them on the altar.

They are Mechanical Wooden Fish, Electronic High Incense, LED Candles, Lego Fruit Supply.
Guo Fan said proudly, "It's a domestic sci-fi film after all, and it should have a sense of ceremony. It's so boring to use ordinary incense sticks!"

Zhang Miao: "Nonsense! Where are the children playing house? We are seriously worshiping the gods, and we want to bless the crew with smooth work."

"I think it's okay, using these things is not only very fresh, but also environmentally friendly!"

Chen Baoguo didn't care about whether he worshiped gods or not. When he was young, he just made a movie, so where did he come from the ritual of worshiping gods? It's not like normal filming. These are strange customs from Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles.

In the past, when Xiangjiang film circles were filming, because there were many sophisticated instruments in the camera crew, such as cameras, lighting units, cranes, etc., any small problem might cause the whole section to collapse directly, leaving the entire crew to wait.

The key is that many problems are very metaphysical. No one can know why the machine has problems, so the larger crews will worship before starting the machine to appease the spirit of the machine and pray for a smooth shooting.

Later, this habit was gradually brought to the mainland as people from Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television circles went north, and then the production crews on the mainland also began to worship God before starting the film.

"I think it will work! It's the so-called burning electronic cigarettes, thanks to the cyber gods! It's quite suitable for science fiction movies."

Gu Zhongyu remembered that Guo Fan in his previous life also used electronic incense to shoot the Wandering Earth, and it was quite fun to do so.

As Gu Zhongyu, who has even experienced time-traveling and rebirth once, he would rather believe the ghosts and gods now.

"Would you like to sing a binary prayer again, praising Om Messiah, the almighty and omnipotent god?" Gu Zhongyu had a whim.

"Mr. Gu, you also play warhammer?" Guo Fan never expected that Gu Zhongyu is still a hammermate!After all, the Warhammer 40k series is an absolute niche culture in China.

"Okay, just kidding, let's use this electronic incense to worship God!"

Since then, when Zongheng Film and Television is shooting sci-fi series, it will switch to electronic incense to worship gods when it is turned on.

And director Guo Fan would mutter strange mantras such as "sing in unison, praise the god of all opportunities", "start the engine, ignite the turbine, and inject life" every time he offered incense!

……

In the afternoon, in an old town in Yanjing, this is the first scene of "Ball Lightning" after it was turned on.

"Life, this thing of life..."

"Unpredictable, everything is probability and opportunity, just like a twig floating in a stream, caught by a small stone, or trapped by a small eddy..."

"Actually, son, it's not difficult to live a wonderful life. Listen to Dad's teaching: you choose a recognized world problem, preferably a math problem with just a piece of paper and a pencil...

"So, the key to a wonderful life is what you can be obsessed with. For example, your dad and I are obsessed with painting, although I know I can't be Van Gogh!"

The protagonist's father, played by Wang Jinchun, took a sip of wine, and comfortably started a long lecture of a didactic nature to Wu Lei, the actor who played the role of the male protagonist when he was a child...

Wang Jinchun, a veteran actor who graduated from Chinese opera, is now an old man of Zongheng Film and Television. He made his debut in 98 and met Gu Zhongyu very early, and he is also an absolute acting leader in the company.

This time he played the role of the male protagonist Chen Guang's father, who didn't even have a name, and had only played for less than a day.

He was playing against Wu Lei, a famous child actor who later became a popular actor in domestic entertainment.

Wu Lei, who is only 12 years old this year, still looks very young, and his immature appearance is not inconsistent with playing an eight or nine-year-old child.The little man sat on a chair, looked at the birthday cake and Wang Jinchun in front of him, and listened to his father's talk seriously.

The role of Wu Lei's little friend also ends today. With the death of both the male lead's parents, Gu Zhongyu will play Chen Guang next.

The filming here is the prelude to the original novel. It tells the story of the hero Chen Guang. When he was a child, when he was gathering with his family to celebrate his birthday, on a stormy night, he accidentally encountered a mysterious ball lightning.

The ball lightning passed through the house wall, directly turning Chen Guang's parents into two piles of ashes, turning the young protagonist into an orphan.

But this also made the male protagonist Chen Guang become obsessed with the weird physical phenomenon of ball lightning, and secretly vowed to spend his whole life chasing and analyzing it.

……

I have to complain about Liu, the novel "Ball Lightning" was written with the hero Dr. Chen as No.1, but from the beginning to the end, no one in the book mentioned the name of the protagonist, and it was always called by Xiao Chen and Dr. Chen.

Liu Cixin himself doesn't know whether he is too lazy to make follow-up supplements or has forgotten, so that it has been so long since the novel is finished, and everyone doesn't know what the protagonist Dr. Chen's full name is!

A novel may be written in this way, but when it is made into a movie, it still needs the name of the protagonist, so Gu Zhongyu named the hero Chen Guanglai.

"Haha! Teacher Gu, I found out that you and Wu Lei really look alike!" Ni Hongjie, Gu Zhongyu and others stood behind the camera, looking at Wu Lei in the lens and laughing.

"That's right, it's not convincing if you don't find someone who looks alike!"

Ni Hongjie became popular for starring in Zhu Wushuang in the TV series "Wulin Biography", but she is not doing well now with a weak successor, far inferior to Guo Dazui and Yan Ni in the crew.So this time, she was very excited to get the movie invitation of "Ball Lightning" to play the role of the hero's childhood mother, even if the role was only for a long time.

"Okay, it's time for you to appear in the next scene, Teacher Ni." Director Guo Fan reminded at the right time.

"Look!" Ni Hongjie took the food, changed into home clothes, walked into the camera, and recited her lines: "Yes, idealists and cynical people feel sorry for each other, but they are actually very lucky..."

The next thing is the appearance of ball lightning turning the protagonist's parents into fly ash, but this thing is all special effects, so it can only be added in the later stage, and the three people on the scene can only be dumbfounded at the air.

Wu Lei's performance is really good. He has actually acted in dozens of plays at such a young age, and he is full of experience and completed this non-physical performance without NGing a few times.

The indoor scenes shot in Yanjing are basically such indoor scenes, focusing on the male protagonist Chen Guang when he was a child and going to college. If all goes well, it will take less than a week to finish the filming. Next, the crew will move to Taishan, and Comrade Da Mimi will also meet them there.

(End of this chapter)