new kung fu king

Chapter 562 "Shaolin Temple" Starts Up

Wang Xiaohu and Jet Li showed almost all the essentials of marksmanship in the 3-minute match of marksmanship.

From the beginning to the end, Wang Xiaohu used the Xingyi Liuhe marksmanship. Occasionally, he played a few spears for the sake of viewing. Xiong Xinxin, Ji Chunhua, Hu Jianqiang and others only felt that the spears he played were fundamentally different from Jet Li, but they couldn't figure it out. The key.

Only Yu Hai and Yu Chenghui watched carefully: Wang Xiaohu held the tail of the spear with his back hand and stuck it to his ribs. From the beginning, you can still maintain the "siping with the gun" during the attack. At first, you can only see the barrel of the gun trembling slightly, but when the arc drawn on the head of the gun is getting bigger and bigger, this is obviously a sign of strength.

The same offensive and defensive movements, under the joint hands of Wang Xiaohu and Jet Li, are more lethal, more rhythmic, and more entertaining than these martial arts champions!
The two were already standing with guns in the field, Wang Xiaohu was smiling, and Jet Li was covered in sweat. Even in November, he felt hot all over his body. It has been a long time since the masters have practiced against each other.

In the past year or so, Wang Xiaohu was busy either in the mainland or in the United States. He seldom talked to Jet Li like he did in the first three years. In fact, since Jet Li officially entered martial arts practice from martial arts performances, Wang Xiaohu no longer gave Jet Li too much advice. , because Jet Li has a good foundation, many places can be figured out with just one click, and the rest is hard training to reorganize the force system formed in the early years.

Although the principle is so simple, it is really difficult to practice, just like a person who is used to eating with his right hand, if you let him eat with his left hand at first, it is quite unaccustomed and uncomfortable. Fortunately, Jet Li has that kind of perseverance, even more Know what you are after.

"This is the most basic difference between stage performances and movies." Wang Xiaohu threw the spear to Jet Li, paced back and forth in the field with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "Maybe everyone used to be used to the standard movements stipulated in various martial arts competitions. , but if these equipment match-ups and boxing match-ups are transferred to the screen, there will only be one result: the audience will look fake!"

"Of course, it's enough to dazzle ordinary people, but it's not enough for me."

With a smile on his face, Wang Xiaohu glanced over the faces of Xiong Xinxin, Hu Jianqiang, Sun Jiankui, Ji Chunhua and others, and then said: "Starting today, we will conduct a one-month intensive training, and at the same time, we will go to the vicinity of the Yellow River to shoot several sets of shots. , Let everyone find the feeling of filming."

"Director, how long will we have to shoot this movie?" Xiong Xinxin asked.

"Two months if it is fast, hehe, half a year is short." Wang Xiaohu said to them with a smile, "I know that you are all top-notch personnel of the provincial teams. If you don't want to delay your participation in the martial arts competition next year, then Just work hard, or I won't let you go."

When everyone heard this, they immediately lost their temper. They really wanted to make movies, but their roots were in various martial arts teams. It was their job to represent the provinces and win championships in national martial arts competitions.

But Wang Xiaohu's next sentence made everyone feel happy.

"I understand your feelings. I'm afraid that you won't get paid if you miss the competition, so at the beginning, I signed a contract with the coaches of each of your teams." Wang Xiaohu asked Yu Hai and Yu Chenghui to come over to witness.

"That's right." Yu Hai nodded and said, "In this contract, in addition to paying 3 to 5 yuan to each martial arts team according to the standard, each athlete who participates in the actual shooting will be given 200 yuan per day." A living subsidy of [-] to [-] yuan, the sports team will not take this living subsidy from everyone.”

"Really!" Xiong Xinxin was amused, and so were the others.

Because at the beginning, each martial arts team had to draw a commission from the athletes. For example, the signed contract was for two months of filming. Xiehe Company paid 1 yuan per person to each martial arts team, and the salary of the athletes was 60 yuan per day. , After two months of filming, that is 9940 yuan, and the remaining [-] yuan is all owned by the martial arts teams.

Well now, the Xiehe company subsidizes athletes at least 100 yuan a day, which is 6000 yuan after two months. 6000 yuan is a huge sum of money for everyone!Whoever is not happy, whoever is not excited.

"Since Mr. Wang has given everyone such good treatment, I also hope that everyone can show the spirit of training in the martial arts team and fully cooperate with the filming of "Shaolin Temple." Yu Chenghui said loudly: "Do you have the determination?"

"Have!"

The horse has no grass and no fat, and under Wang Xiaohu's consideration for everyone, the enthusiasm of more than 50 bald men is unprecedentedly high.

"In the past few days, everyone's task is to familiarize themselves with the script first. Since it is the first time for you to participate in a film performance, the company will shoot a few teachers to give you the most basic training, so that you can understand the whole process of filming and how to bury it. bit."

Wang Xiaohu also told everyone about some preparatory work and precautions before starting the film. After all, Xiehe Company has always carried out the glorious tradition of training first before starting the machine for seven years. Only in this way can we ensure that every film produced by Xiehe is a high-quality film.

Afterwards, the Xiehe employees trained by Wang Xiaohu, including Zhang Yuan, Li Hanwei, Wan Hanfei, and Luo Jianhua, took their respective training materials and went to the athletes to pair up for training.

"Director, what should I do?"

Everyone went to work, only Ding Lan was alone and no one was receiving him, which made the little girl a little worried.

"You..." Wang Xiaohu scratched his head and said, "You should have some acting skills, right?"

Ding Lan nodded and said, "Yes, but I don't know martial arts."

Wang Xiaohu thought about it. Ding Lan was the only woman in "Shaolin Temple", and Bai Wuxia, the shepherdess she played, was a highlight in the film. She was not only beautiful but also had a kind heart. After "Shaolin Temple" was released in her previous life, Ding Lan Lan has also become the object of crush of many young people across the country.

But, from the perspective of a reborn person like Wang Xiaohu, Bai Wuxia played by Ding Lan is a bit old-fashioned!

You see, Ding Lan in front of you looks very young without makeup, but if you apply makeup to her according to the requirements of the original version, and get that hairstyle, she will be the same as the big girl in 24.

So when Wang Xiaohu saw Ding Lan, his first consideration was not how to make her a "Kung Fu Girl", but how to make her hairstyle and clothing more youthful.

"Costume artist and make-up artist, come here." Wang Xiaohu called out, and then two professional costumers and make-up artists from Xiehe Company arrived immediately.

"Here, this is Ding Lan, the lead actress in this film. Take him to put on make-up first. Remember, neither the costume nor the make-up should be too mature or too Hong Kong. What I want is pure, young, and in line with Mainlanders' aesthetic point of view."

It's okay for the costume artist to say, at worst, change the costumes one by one, but the makeup artist frowned and carefully observed Ding Lan, why?Because he puts on make-up in Xiehe all the year round to consider the aesthetic views of Hong Kong and Taiwan audiences. As for the aesthetic views of mainland audiences mentioned by Brother Hu, he really can't figure it out.

"What's going on?" Seeing that the make-up artist hadn't moved for a long time, Wang Xiaohu asked, "Have any difficulties?"

"Brother Hu, I feel that Ms. Ding Lan is very beautiful without makeup. How about I do her hair?" The makeup artist hesitated.

"It's up to you, as long as you meet the requirements." Wang Xiaohu is not an expert in this area, so he waved his hands and asked the two to toss about.

Compared with the original version of "Shaolin Temple", Wang Xiaohu made the biggest changes mainly in several aspects.

First of all, of course, is the martial arts action, which is not only required to be real, but also more realistic. This is the main reason why Wang Xiaohu has repeatedly emphasized the difference between competition performances and film performances. They are also required to carry out secondary sublimation in terms of momentum and expression.

According to Wang Xiaohu's general requirements, except for the last scene where the trampoline was borrowed on the Yellow River ferry, the rest of the fighting scenes could not even borrow a single wire, and all the actors were required to perform with real skills.

Wang Xiaohu felt that since the actors in the previous life could shoot the classic "Shaolin Temple" in the hands of Zhang Xinyan, who is not a kung fu film professional, then in his hands, they would definitely be able to shoot even more brilliant actions.

The second change is the costumes, props, and scenery. Continuing the several costume units used in the filming of "Mythology", Wang Xiaohu asked them to rush out several batches of costumes from the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. Each actor had at least two sets of replacements. It can be said that the clothing is absolutely bright, bright colors, very formal and standard.

Here I have to mention those garment factories. Since they received the order form of "Mythology", several factory directors discussed afterwards and felt that their business development direction can be fully adjusted. For example, they can cooperate with major film producers. Cooperating with film studios to customize their costumes and so on, this also requires the designers in the clothing factory to have a deep historical professionalism. For this reason, they recruited students and professors from various historical dynasties from various universities to sit in the town, creating a A whole new business philosophy.

The third point is somewhat depressing. Wang Xiaohu wanted to make "Shaolin Temple" a film whose realm is higher than action. To put it bluntly, martial arts action is an auxiliary, expressing the Zen Zen of Shaolin Temple. This great ambition originally fell on the abbot. And the one on the monk's body, who knows that the Ministry of Culture said that this is not good.

why not?The Ministry of Culture didn't explain it clearly, and Wang Xiaohu didn't bother to ask, so the plan was cut by "Radio and Television".

For one week in a row, the entire "Shaolin Temple" crew was busy with the rehearsal before the start of the film. Yuan Kui symbolically designed several sets of thrilling moves for "The Mysterious Buddha", hurried back to Henan, and began to teach Ding Lan how to become a "Kung Fu Master".

Of course, Yuan Kui will not borrow any stunts to make Ding Lan a quick success, but start from the basic work, as long as Ding Lan completes the established movements. Fortunately, Ding Lan has some dance foundation since childhood, and the movements designed by Yuan Kui Basically, Ding Lan can easily make it.

Wang Xiaohu took a brief look at the "long whip" action Yuan Kui designed for Ding Lan. Generally speaking, it still has a sense of camera, especially in terms of rhythm, it definitely bears Yuan Kui's label, that is, fast, fast, fast!
"How long will it take to repair the Shaolin Temple?"

During lunch, Wang Xiaohu said to Zhao Gang.

"It will take about half a month."

After pondering for a while, Zhao Gang said, after all, the repair work this time is not just to clear the weeds in front of the mountain gate. In fact, after winter, those weeds have withered, and there is basically no need to specially clean them up.

The current main task is to restore Shaolin Temple to its "original appearance", at least to ensure the normal shooting of "Shaolin Temple".

"You know, this is not a matter of painting the pillars and replacing a few tiles on the roof. Those murals were damaged to varying degrees during the Cultural Revolution. Since the state allocated funds for repairs, Henan must want to repair them all at once. OK."

Wang Xiaohu smiled bitterly when he heard the words.He knows that the repair of Shaolin Temple is not a one-off work. It seems that in his previous life, he also heard that when the Shaolin master visited the Japanese Shaolin Temple, he found that the Japanese Shaolin Temple had a clear picture of the original appearance of the Chinese Shaolin Temple, which clearly depicted the late Qing Dynasty. The overall layout of the Shaolin Temple during the early Republic of China, but the Shaolin Temple that existed in reality turned out to be a fake.

The mountain is still Shaoshi Mountain, and the temple is still Shaolin Temple. It’s just that after the ups and downs of the past dynasties, Shaolin Temple was burned down and rebuilt, and then burned again. I brought back the original layout drawing from Japan, and decided to overhaul it according to the pictures preserved by Shaolin in Japan after research.
Isn't this a tragedy?
Wang Xiaohu didn't bother to explain this, although the monks on the mountain are going to make a fuss, anyway, it's not Lao Tzu's investment, and what's the benefit of investing?
Wang Xiaohu just used the culture of Shaolin Temple to shoot a movie. Thinking of the Shaolin Temple in his previous life, which smelled like copper and had a dignified commercial atmosphere, he sighed with emotion.
After thinking about it, Wang Xiaohu said, "In this case, we will leave for the Yellow River Ferry tomorrow. We can't delay any longer. Now the weather is getting colder and colder. If it snows, we won't be able to shoot this film."

Zhao Gang nodded, took two mouthfuls of food, then took out a cigarette and lit it: "I'll arrange a car."

On November 1980, 11, the main actors of the "Shaolin Temple" crew set off from the temporary crew at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain and rushed to the Yellow River Ferry, where Wang Xiaohu held a simple start-up ceremony, and then began to hold all the shooting machinery in place with a loudspeaker , and urged the actors to hurry to change clothes in the temporary tent.

Standing on the borrowed wooden boat for filming, Wang Xiaohu's clothes fluttered in the wind blowing on the bank of the Yellow River. Oh god, what kind of wind is blowing today.

"Attention all departments."

(End of this chapter)