Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 304 - Frustrated and calculating position
Director Fu Dongyu took a sip of honey water and looked at Chen Yu, Ning Li, and Lai Yi who were making gestures with action directors Huang Mingjian and Meng Zhen at the east end of the waiting area.

He found that after Chen Yu returned from the United States, his acting skills had improved, especially his camera sense.

Now, if it weren't for the support of old guys like Wu Gang and Wang Jinsong, Chen Yu would probably be able to reach around 50 points, which would be barely on par with most popular artists.

If a tailor-made script is designed for Chen Yu, and a group of old guys pull him along, Director Fu Dongyu believes that Chen Yu is at least 90% sure to rise to 75 points.

Even his occasional flashes of brilliance in the play have a chance to reach 80%. Of course, this kind of situation can only happen four or five times at most and the interval will be very long.

But it must be admitted that Chen Yu has made progress. Director Fu Dongyu happily hummed a ditty.

If Chen Yu can maintain his current form, shooting in the near future will be very easy.

The most grueling action scenes were 70% completed when Chen Yu last joined the team, and director Fu Dongyu decided to spend two days to complete the remaining parts.

But it seems that there was a slight disagreement between Chen Yu and the two action directors. Chen Yu insisted on using a stunt double to complete the subsequent action scenes, and he only posed.

Director Huang Mingjian agreed with Chen Yu's opinion that having a professional stand-in would be quick and hassle-free. After completing the deal within two days, he could lead his team to other crews.

Making quick money in China's film and television industry is director Huang Mingjian's favorite model.

After receiving four sales in thirty days, he was extremely annoyed by the time wasted by artists performing action scenes in person.

During the filming of "Fire Like a Song", Dilraba was complained and scolded behind her back by the then action director Du Xiubin because she had to use her hands in every fight scene, and this was reported to the entire industry.

Although the effect is indeed stunning, Du Xiubin can guarantee that if the same amount of time was given to a professional stand-in, it would definitely be more than ten times better than Dilraba!
Therefore, letting artists shoot action scenes in person not only wastes the crew's time and money, but also delays the action team from making quick money, and can easily cause accidental injuries to the artists.

So this time, as soon as Dilraba joined the crew, Ling Zhixiong, who was the action director of "Chen Xi Yuan", rushed to her door and begged her not to do the fighting scenes herself, or to play less roles.

In the end, it seems that the two parties have reached an agreement. Dilraba will still appear in the fighting scenes herself, and Ling Zhixiong's team will be bound to Dilraba's studio within two years.

Otherwise, Ling Zhixiong would rather pay liquidated damages than waste time with Dilraba.

Let me add that Ling Zhixiong is an action director who returned to China from the European and American film and television industries to make money.

Director Huang Mingjian, who is currently trying his best to support Chen Yu, also worked hard in Hollywood before. When he returned to China, he also pursued making quick money.

On the other hand, director Meng Zhen, who constantly advised Chen Yu, is a pure Chinese local with only experience in Hong Kong and South Korea.

He felt that since 70% of the previous martial arts scenes were performed by Chen Yu himself, they should continue as usual.

Moreover, Chen Yu's martial arts moves are actual combat moves, and the martial artists under his command cannot reproduce them without the ability to imitate them.

The sense of power, speed and angle of punching and kicking are very obviously different from what Chen Yu is doing in the picture.

"If your martial artist can't do it, that's your problem. You should find a way to solve it." Chen Yu said, wagging his fingers twice.

There are only more than ten days left before the boxing match between him and Sho Kimura starts. During this period, it is just a joke to let him appear in the fight scene himself!

What should I do if I get injured in an accident? Who is responsible? Chen Yu asked these two questions in a calm tone, which made Director Meng Zhen hesitate and didn't know how to answer.

It was reported on Weibo a few days ago that Chen Yu will receive at least US$260 million if he wins the boxing match.

So how could Chen Yu be so idiotic as to make a big mistake out of a small gain? The remaining action scenes in "Operation Ice Breaker" are mainly fists and kicks, and the gunfight scenes that show his face are all over.

"If any of your team members are instigated to destroy me, this is your chance." Chen Yu tilted his head and glanced at the red-faced director Meng Zhen in front of him and said slowly.

Director Meng Zhen wanted to retort several times to vouch for his martial arts masters, but he didn't have the confidence.

As the old saying goes, money moves people's hearts. Even if the boxing ring gentleman Sho Kimura loves boxing and doesn't resort to dirty tricks, what about his coaching team and Toyota behind him?

Director Meng Zhen knows what kind of moral character the martial arts masters under his command have. The older generation still has integrity in their hearts, but now they only value colorful money.

If Kimura Sho's side provides enough funds, someone will take this job even if he is in jail. It doesn't matter if Chen Yu is Chinese. Merely injuring him does not directly kill him.

"Look, you don't dare to say that your martial arts team is fine." Chen Yu chuckled, full of contempt.

Director Meng Zhen knew very well that it was not him who Chen Yu was ridiculing.

It is the so-called "all martial arts practitioners in China", and of course there are no Jet Li, Wu Jing, Donnie Yen, etc. among them.

Jet Li and the others had already made a lot of money and started to pay attention to their food, appearance and status.

"I'm afraid those martial arts masters under you don't have the confidence to speak up, right?" Chen Yu revealed the injury that Director Meng Zhen wanted to hide.

Although the average annual income of martial artists is not bad, these guys who have never seen big money are not qualified to talk about moral integrity. Chen Yu curled his lips and shook his head in disdain.

So after Chen Yu fully explained the matter, Director Meng Zhen could no longer emphasize that Chen Yu should act in the fight scene himself.

"Since everyone has decided to use a stand-in, let's simply design the actions." Director Huang Mingjian clapped his hands and looked sideways at Director Meng Zhen, who was sweating, and then turned back to look at Chen Yu, who looked extremely calm.

Director Meng Zhen took two deep breaths in a row to calm down the complicated emotions in his heart. With his position as a celebrity, he was not qualified to show off to Chen Yu. It was not in his interest.

Ning Li and Lai Yi, who had been watching the excitement, looked at each other.

In addition to lamenting Chen Yu's strength, he also thought about being a substitute.

Ning Li injured his foot while filming the chase scene yesterday afternoon.

Lai Yi, who is affiliated with Jiaxing Media and has just completed "Fire Like a Song" with Dilraba Dilraba, simply does not want to wallow in the mud.

It wasn't that Lai Yi was being pretentious, but the swelling in this guy's left cheek that had been injured by an accident had just subsided. If he soaked in the mud again today, he was worried that it would become swollen again.

This will affect the subsequent filming of the drama. The face that has recovered one second will bulge for no reason in the next second. This kind of cheating can easily be scolded by the audience.

But the two action directors seemed very embarrassed when faced with Ning Li and Lai Yi's small request.

After all, there were only six actors participating in the filming of this scene. If the three main characters were replaced by stand-ins, there would be no shots at all.

Even if six people are mixed together in a mud pit, they can't zoom in and widen the perspective throughout the entire scene. That would be tantamount to telling the audience that this scene is a trick.

Therefore, Ning Li and Lai Yi, who have low status, must insist on playing in person. Fortunately, these two are also aware of current affairs and know how to advance and retreat.

Even though they had more reasons to replace Chen Yu than Chen Yu, they chose to grit their teeth and stick to work because of very practical reasons.

Director Fu Dongyu and the two action directors only praised "Thank you for your hard work, you two were slightly injured and did not leave the line of fire" and then went to do other things.

Chen Yu gave Ning Li and Lai Yi a thumbs up and then slowly walked back to the waiting area. He would use this time to jump rope and do push-ups.

Lai Yi turned around and looked at the mud pit and touched his face. Then he looked at Chen Yu, who was surrounded by a group of staff and enjoying the applause. Suddenly, he felt sad.

Lai Yi, who has been in the entertainment industry for several years, does not really feel that it is unfair.

After all, the price Chen Yu paid to get to where he is today was much more than what he paid.

Lai Yi just thought that the group of people in the crew who tended to follow the trend were too upright and did not consider other people's feelings at all.

"Those people just need to consider Chen Yu's feelings. You should be very aware of this stuff since you were working under Yang Mi in Jiaxing."

Although Huang Bo asked Chen Yu to get Ning Li into the crew, he always made sure to help when there was a clear distinction between grudges and grudges, but he would say it bluntly if he didn't like it.

Lai Yi didn't expect that he would be choked by teacher Ning Li, who had the same problem.

Over there, Ning Li and Lai Yi were asked by Director Meng Zhen to briefly show off their moves with the four martial arts masters. Even if they were fighting and rolling in the mud, they couldn't mess around.

Chen Yu, who had just finished a set of push-ups, glanced at director Huang Mingjian who was hesitant to speak.

"You have to get some mud on your face and body when you move, so let's try makeup and hair first?" Director Huang Mingjian lowered his posture very low.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu raised his eyebrows and shook his head.

If there is some type of allergen lurking in the mud that makes you feel uncomfortable, how can you still participate in the boxing match?

Director Huang Mingjian was impressed by the fact that the mud pit was mixed with clean sand and tap water, and he was very confident in terms of hygiene.

"Sorry, your promise is of no use to me. I brought a jar of seaweed mud and I will ask Brother Feng to help me with my makeup and hair later."

It's not that Chen Yu looks down on action directors, but that their status in the crew is really erratic.

"Operation Icebreaker" has relatively few action scenes, so Director Huang Mingjian and Director Meng Zhen are just two workers making quick money.

The martial arts scenes in "Fire Like a Song" are the highlight, so Director Du Xiubin's actual position on the crew is close to Liang Shengqu and Li Shengwei.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Dilraba to deal with Du Xiubin and sign an agreement with his team.

Director Huang Mingjian, who was stabbed by Chen Yu, sighed and walked slowly towards the shooting area.

At this moment, he finally came to his senses as to why Director Fu Dongyu had given himself full responsibility for all the scheduling and filming of this scene.

The old fox who was born in Yanjing and studied in Shanghai was sure that Chen Yu would become a monster, and then put himself on top to bear the thunder.

After thinking about this, director Huang Mingjian felt that the crew of "Operation Icebreaker" really couldn't stay for a long time, and they would change places immediately after finishing this job.

"That idiot Meng Zhen clings to tradition and plans to follow through from beginning to end. He deserves to be paid 40% less than his peers on average!"

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