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Chapter 521 "Mythology" Finished

Since Wang Xiaohu got angry that time, the people of the three film companies are no longer the same as before. Every time they shoot, the three representatives stay on the set to supervise their employees. If anyone dares to be lazy or has a bad attitude, the three representatives Go straight up to teach them a lesson, come down a few times, and each of them behaves more well-behaved than sheep.

Wang Xiaohu saw it in his eyes and smiled in his heart.Throughout the ten years of co-productions between Hong Kong and the mainland, although some Hong Kong and Taiwan stars have played big names, in most cases, Hong Kong and Taiwan stars still have professional ethics. In comparison, some mainland stars play tricks. There are endless ways to play big bowls.

There have also been many contests between the mainland and Hong Kong crews. You will often see such-and-such quitting a certain blockbuster on the Internet or in entertainment magazines. Don’t look at the reports on the surface. In fact, many problems have been exposed behind the scenes, such as It's too common for this kind of thing to happen to the "Myth" crew.

When it was different, there were not many Hong Kong film crews who went to the mainland to shoot in the previous life, and the extras and martial arts stand-ins were not professional, they were all selected from film and television bases near the mainland. Hong Kong is always at a disadvantage here.

For example, let’s say your film is going to be released before Christmas, and the filming is almost over now, and it’s almost time to get used to each other. Once there is a conflict, OK, the mainland will withdraw the actors and staff, and you will be left here. , where are you going in a hurry?How do you explain it to investors?Wang Xiaohu had personally experienced such a thing in his previous life. When the assistant director in the Mainland withdrew the stall, the producer and director in Hong Kong were completely dumbfounded. In the end, he reluctantly invited him back to continue filming because of the delicious food and drink, and the price was increased a lot. few.

People from the mainland will be sure that you are from Hong Kong. To make a movie in the mainland, you must use my people and connections, otherwise you will not be able to make a movie at all!It seems a bit nonsense, but is the entertainment industry really that serious?
So Wang Xiaohu had to stop this evil trend from the very beginning. After that, he went to mainland China to make more films, and they took the upper hand for the first time. He would not even think about raising his head in the future. Even though Wang Xiaohu is a mainland boy at heart, he is not It means that he wants to see the "crooked ways" in the entertainment industry in mainland China.

Outside the site of another canyon in Jingtai Yellow River Stone Forest, 500 soldiers of the People's Liberation Army stood neatly in the formation of the Great Qin Army.

At the front are crossbowmen dressed in light clothes. The crossbows they hold in their hands are much larger than those used in the Qin Mausoleum's underground palace, and the lines are very rough. This kind of crossbow cannot be pulled apart with the strength of the arms. , instead requiring soldiers to sit on the ground and launch with pedals.

Wang Xiaohu sat on the high-rising camera elevator, controlled the camera to take a few close-ups of the strength in the soldiers' hands, and at the same time kept the lens on the crossbow.

This kind of crossbow is very different from ordinary winged arrows. It is an uncommon three-edged arrow with three sharp corners. The blood groove on the arrow makes people feel murderous.

Professor Yuan Zhongyi from the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses told Wang Xiaohu that the shoulders unearthed in the pits of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses are all shaped like this. This kind of triangular shoulders cancels the wings, which should be considered to make shooting more accurate. At the same time, they have carefully studied these arrows Analysis, when the detection data finally came to the table, the researchers really felt incredible.

The test results found that the three arcs of the arrow are almost identical, which is a nearly perfect streamlined arrow.

The outline of this arrow is almost the same as the shape of the bullet.The shape of the bullet is to reduce air resistance during flight.We have reason to speculate that the Qin people designed this triangular arrow for the same purpose.

The Qin people approached the laws of modern aerodynamics by experience.This ancient arrowhead was a model among early flying machines, and it is in line with today's bullets.

The Qin crossbow, together with the crossbow arrows it was equipped with, was probably the weapon with the highest technological content in that era. The people of Qin had indeed reached a level of proficiency in manufacturing, and the Qin crossbow became an invincible weapon of the Qin Dynasty!
Don't underestimate Wang Xiaohu's close-ups of Qin Nu. When these arrows fly into a black mass in the sky, it will be absolutely spectacular.

"Okay." Wang Xiaohu asked Zhang Yimou to put down the elevator, picked up the loudspeaker and said, "Second row, the 12th soldier from the north, if you fucking grin at the camera again, I'll throw you to death!"

All the soldiers looked at the soldier, and the soldier's face was hot on the spot.

Zhao Gang followed Wang Xiaohu all the time, looked at it with a frown, and then shouted loudly: "Lin Jiangming comes out!"

"Yes!" Lin Jiangming was the soldier in the old joke scene, and the boss reluctantly stood up from the queue.Zhao Gang ran over and stared at him for a long time, then whispered into his ear: "If you laugh at me again, I will use you as a meat target to start training tonight, believe it or not?"

Lin Jiangming grinned and his face immediately changed, "Leader, please forgive me, I promise not to laugh."

What an international joke, Zhao Gang and Wang Xiaohu seldom win when they fight against each other. For this reason, Zhao Gang finds fighters to practice with him every day. All the fighters who practice with him can't get out of bed for three consecutive days. It's not because they are dizzy because of Zhao Gang , It's just that the waist is sore and the back is sore from being kicked, so that the whole camp just shrank its neck and pretended to be sick whenever Zhao Gang called his name.

Zhao Gang snorted coldly, then returned to the camera contentedly, patted his chest and said, "Old Wang, he won't cause you any trouble anymore, you can take pictures with confidence!"

"Every time I stand with you, I always have a strong sense of superiority, do you know why?" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

"why?"

"Because compared to you, I realize that I am more refined. You soldiers all smell like bandits!"

"Damn!" Zhao Gang used a new phrase he learned from Wang Xiaohu, shook his head and sighed, "It's not good to meet people, and it's not careful to make friends!"

Wang Xiaohu laughed out loud.

Computer special effects these days are still in the Stone Age, so it is very unrealistic for Wang Xiaohu to want to shoot the overwhelming and invincible rain of arrows like "Myth".

But this is not a problem for Wang Xiaohu, let alone a Hong Kong filmmaker who is never short of inspiration.

Let's take a look at how he filmed "Arrow Rain".

According to Wang Xiaohu's plan, first shoot the scene where three rows of Qin crossbowmen sit on the ground and forcefully draw the bow, and put the three-edged arrow on the scene, so that they raise their feet high and aim at the front. In the process, arrange two sets purchased from Germany. The high-speed camera records the moment when the crossbow is launched with a high photography frequency.

Then, capture the trajectories of crossbow arrows flying in the air from five directions: rear, bottom, sides, and opposite.

To be honest, this is definitely not a light job. Take the three rows of soldiers raising their feet at the same height. Wang Xiaohu replaced half of the soldiers one after another. The picture is not coordinated, if they are raised at different angles, let alone the sense of picture.

After tossing and tossing for a full three hours, Zhao Gang only jumped his feet in a hurry, and it was considered a perfect shot of this action.

But then the second problem came again. The soldiers reacted differently after hearing the launch order, which caused the arrows to be fired first and then, some far and some close. In Wang Xiaohu's memory, the flying crossbows should Into a piece, flying in the sky with blackness, that kind of density, that kind of momentum is spectacular.

But that's the special effects, and you can't do it with such precision and synchronization in real life.When Zhang Yimou was filming "Heroes", the Qin crossbows in the hands of the soldiers did not have crossbow arrows. Those were added one by one by a special effects company using a computer, and the spectacular rain of arrows in the sky was also produced by special effects.

How can people compare accuracy with computers?

So after Wang Xiaohu asked the soldiers to rehearse for an afternoon, he finally resigned to his fate! "There are times when the three-camera, which has been tried and tested, is also sad!"

Sitting on the yellow ground, Wang Xiaohu watched depressedly as the staff packed up the arrows all over the floor. Although the picture of the arrows flying in the air did not satisfy him very much, he was also surprised for a long time when he saw the black arrows on the ground. The movie "Mythology" will be recorded in the annals of Chinese film history in the future. Who could shoot such a mind-boggling picture in such a prodigal way in the late 70s?

It was already 04:30 in the afternoon, and the sun was still exuding heat that made people sweat like rain. Wang Xiaohu felt that his butt was about to be cooked, so he simply stuck the arrow in his hand into the loess, and patted the dust on his butt. Get up and say: "All departments are paying attention, we are going to shoot the last scene, after the filming, we will go back to the camp for dinner, tonight we will have roasted whole lamb!"

The soldiers were happy when they heard it. It wasn’t easy. After spending the whole afternoon in the sun on a hot day, they could finally eat roasted whole lamb to improve their food. They were in good spirits, and they didn’t need the assistant director Yuan Heping to shout. Putting the crossbow on the arrow, this time the height of the feet was surprisingly neat, and the frequency of firing was uncommonly consistent. The array of arrows flying in the sky miraculously became one!
"Damn it, it's a miracle!" Wang Xiaohu patted his thighs and cheered after seeing this scene in the camera, and then he immediately came to his senses: "Did you all capture Big Eye, San Mao, Wu Di, Awei, and Xiao Zhang?"

"It's captured!" Zhang Yimou was the first to shout. He was in charge of the rail car directly opposite. As soon as the soldiers over there started shooting arrows, he let people pull the rail car and ran from side to side quickly. The rain of arrows, he himself was surprised from ear to ear, it was so spectacular!
"It's done!" Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping, Li Hanwei, and Wu Di also sent back good news.

"Hahaha, hurry up and clean up the guys, Old Zhao, let your soldiers put away the arrows all over the floor. These arrows were bought with real money, don't take one down." Wang Xiaohu was in a good mood, and finally told Lao Zhao Zhao said: "Well, I will move out the ten boxes of Erguotou we have in stock later, and celebrate tonight."

Meng Yi held a long sword in his hand, and blood slowly dripped down the long and narrow blade. The red tasseled helmet on his head had been cut off long ago, and the armor was also covered with Qin Jun's blood. Jun, his eyes burst out with grief and inexplicable anger, as if he was telling everyone: why, why!
No one can give him an answer, because there are already piles of corpses under his feet, and another wave of Qin soldiers rushed up. They couldn't bear it, with awe, even fear, facing the general who had led them to the battlefield. They are reluctant to start.

Several Qin soldiers looked at each other, threw the long sword in their hands on the ground, and then rushed over with the shield in both hands. This time, Meng Yi was tightly surrounded by the shield and could no longer move.

"General, surrender!"

"General, surrender!"

"General, surrender!"

Meng Yi yelled, pushed the soldiers away with all his strength, gritted his steel teeth, and cut down several Qin soldiers with his long sword with a sad and angry expression. Blood sprayed on his face and neck, and he gasped heavily. He was angry and stared at the general of the Qin army sitting on the horse in front of him.
"Okay, this side is very good, OK, cut it!" Yuan Heping shouted at the top of his voice.

Wang Xiaohu hurriedly jumped down, pulled up several soldiers pretending to be dead bodies, helped them wipe the tomato juice from their faces, and carefully asked them if they had been trampled just now.

"Mr. Wang, it's okay. It's more comfortable to be stepped on by you than to be thrown by Commander Zhao!" A soldier said with a silly smile.

Zhao Gang, who played the role of the general of the Qin Army over there, immediately became unhappy when he heard the words, and rode over with a dark face and scolded: "Is your skin itchy!"

The soldier quickly shrank his neck, made a face at Wang Xiaohu and ran away.

Zhao Gang didn't chase him either, he jumped off his horse and said to Wang Xiaohu, "How about it, my acting skills are not bad, right?"

"So-so, if you can show the spirit of cursing just now to film, I believe the pictures will be even better." With the help of Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaohu took off his armor and took Zhao Yazhi's wet towel to wipe the tomato juice on his face , sweat stains, and then breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Old Zhao, our shooting in Jingtai Stone Forest is completely completed today, let the soldiers clean up the battlefield tonight, and leave for BJ tomorrow. I don't want to miss this place for a moment." stay."

"Haha, what a wonderful place this is. The view is wide and the air is fresh. It's rare for you to see it in Hong Kong." Zhao Gang also began to take off his armor, "It's just that the mosquitoes are too fierce!"

"Hehe. That's right. We stayed in such a good place from August to October. If it wasn't for filming, I would have gone crazy!" Wang Xiaohu handed Zhao Gang a glass of water, and took a glass to drink himself, feeling comfortable After a full belch, he continued: "Let's hold another camp party tonight, call everyone in, have a drink, and there are not many scenes left. It is estimated that after tonight, It's time for most people to go their separate ways."

Zhao Gang sighed, nodded and said, "Okay, you will provide the food, and I will take care of the drinks, but you have to give me some money first."

"Haha, you money-hungry guy, don't I know that you got a lot of kickbacks for helping me buy vegetables!" Wang Xiaohu scolded with a smile.

Zhao Gang's swarthy face turned red for a rare moment, and he quibbled: "What I withheld was gasoline money, and I'm in a hurry with you if you talk about kickbacks!"

"Okay, the gas money is the gas money." Wang Xiaohu didn't bother to entangle in this issue, as long as the work progressed smoothly, tens of millions of film investments were spent, so how could he care about such a small amount of money with Zhao Gang.

That night, in the camp two kilometers outside Longwan Village, more than 300 soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (not so many people were used in the later scenes, so they went back to their respective troops in batches.) More than 200 staff members of Xiehe and the three film companies lit 10 A bonfire, surrounded by a group, roasting whole sheep, squatting with fragrant pheasants, singing and carnival together jumping and dancing.

"Come, come, everyone, raise your glass and celebrate the 500 days and nights we have spent together!" Wang Xiaohu said loudly while standing on the roof of the military vehicle, holding the rice bowl in his hand, and the eyes of more than [-] people instantly Concentrate on him.

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "Thank you for accompanying "Mythology" along the way. In the past 60 days, everyone has worked hard. On behalf of the main creators of "Mythology", I would like to thank everyone for your support, especially our dearest Soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army, without your strong cooperation and hard work, our "Mythology" would not have been filmed in just two months."

"Of course, there are also the leaders and employees of our three film companies. The costumes and props you provided are very well-made, and you are also the biggest contributors to this film. It's not easy to come over with help!"

It's not easy to say a word, and it's the voice of everyone present. After hearing the news that they will leave tomorrow, everyone is reluctant to part in their hearts. Just like Wang Xiaohu said, although their cooperation was full of various problems at the beginning All kinds of unhappiness, but in the end they all became good brothers and sisters, and established a considerable friendship behind them, which is really not easy.

"Come on, after drinking this bowl of wine, let's eat meat to our heart's content and have a carnival to our heart's content!" Wang Xiaohu said excitedly. It is so natural and straightforward.

I don't know how many bowls of wine I drank, and everyone's mood gradually became complicated. Many people have hugged each other and wept softly.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaohu was also in a very complicated mood. He called Zhao Gang over and said, "Come on, don't just wipe your tears, Old Zhao, let your soldiers sing the song that has been entrusted to you for a while."

Zhao Gang put the wine bottle down, climbed onto the roof of the military vehicle, and said loudly: "Soldiers in the cavalry battalion and a row listen to my password. We soldiers, prepare to sing!"

"We soldiers, what's the difference, just because we all wear clothes"

"What's the difference between us soldiers, since we left our hometown"

The singing is loud and clear, spreading from the empty camp to far, far away.

At the end of October 1979, Wang Xiaohu led the "Mythology" crew to BJ, where the last scene was filmed. By mid-November, the live shooting of "Mythology" came to a successful conclusion, and "Mythology" was finished!
At the end of November, Wang Xiaohu returned to Hong Kong with a group of people after a half-month summary report meeting with the Ministry of Culture and three film companies.

(End of this chapter)