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Chapter 629 Great Wei Elegy, Qingxia's Sense of Loss

In "Mythology", Wang Xiaohu showed the world the majestic and lethal Qin Dynasty army formation, among which the black bow and crossbow formation is the most memorable.

As "Mulan" with the same epic war theme, it is even more difficult for Wang Xiaohu to surpass the war scenes in "Mythology". However, he will not be afraid of innovative work after watching many such ancient war dramas in his previous life.

How to innovate?

First of all, Wang Xiaohu thought of Ma Zhan. During the Qin Dynasty, Ma Zhan could not be fully utilized because of the stirrup problem. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Wang Xiaohu planned to let Ma Zhan show his power in "Mulan".Therefore, when filming in Hong Kong, the horse battle became an important part of the scene, but the previous ones were all small battles, telling how Hua Mulan and Li Tai were named generals through small-scale battles.

The biggest battle in the series is at the end of the film. Mendu bribes the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty to set up a net to trap Hua Mulan in the Grand Canyon. A battle of beasts is imminent.

Outside the canyon, hundreds of Rouran tiger riders formed a long dragon, straddling the mouth of the Grand Canyon.

In the canyon, Hua Mulan led [-] Wei soldiers and waited in five square formations.

"Hanwei, start the first group of attack, riding and shooting." Wang Xiaohu issued an order like Li Hanwei, who was in charge of Rouran's tiger riding operation, with the walkie-talkie, and then said to Yuan Heping: "Big Eye, let Zhao Gang prepare the positioning arrow."

Positioning arrows, to put it bluntly, are range arrows, which reflect the furthest range of the archers of the Great Wei. As long as the soft tiger rides through this positioning line made of bows and arrows, it will be within the effective range of the archers of the Great Wei.

On the left side of the canyon, Li Hanwei commanded Rouran's cavalry to start slowly. On the right side, Zhao Gang held a long sword and roared a positioning arrow, and saw the archers in the first three rows draw their longbows at 45 degrees diagonally upward.

"Let go!" Following Zhao Gang's order, the swishing arrow flew into the sky.
The actors who acted as the archers of the Northern Wei Dynasty were all the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army in "Myth".

As for how the positioning key will behave in the formation of the two armies after the positioning key is shot, those are the next things to do. It is nothing more than dozens of PLA soldiers aiming at the positioning line outside the camera and launching together. (There is a fishing line, otherwise it is impossible to be very accurate. The fishing line is described in detail in Bruce Lee countering Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with a basketball in "Courage", so I won't repeat it here.)
"Thousands of miles to go to the army, Guanshan is like flying. Shuoqi spreads gold and analyzes, cold shines on iron clothes. The general dies in a hundred battles"

After the first round of confrontation, the two sides had injuries to each other, Hua Mulan raised her eyes, but saw corpses strewn all over the place.

"Camera No. [-], advance horizontally, yes, give Qingxia's eyes a big close-up." Wang Xiaohu used the walkie-talkie to order No. [-] camera, and at the same time raised the director's microphone and said, "Qingxia, don't blink, it's fine." , The action of gritting teeth is in place. Okay, it's over, the first team rests, the second team prepares, where are the prisoners of war? Hurry up and get on the field!"

Zhou Xingchi, with an arrow stuck in his back, and other soldiers who were injured in the first round of battle were tied up with ropes by Rouran people and strung into a line, leading them into the middle of the field where the two armies were fighting.

"Kneel down!" Rouran's soldier kicked Zhou Xingchi brutally, and Zhou Xingchi's head collided with the grass and splashed a burst of dust.

"Camera No. [-] takes a close-up of Xingzi's face, Xingzi, please don't close your eyes"

Under Wang Xiaohu's voice, Zhou Xingchi knelt on the ground and slowly raised his head. Behind him came the yelling and cursing of Rouran soldiers.

"Where's your General Hua? Let him save you?"

"The general of Wei has already abandoned you, General Hua! You have also been abandoned by General Hua!"

Listening to the Rouran soldiers' yelling and scolding, Zhou Xingchi had a look of grief and indignation. He gritted his teeth and held his head up, like a martyr about to die bravely.

As if infected by him, the prisoners of the Great Wei around him also raised their heads and looked into the distance
Five hours later, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the crew rode horses and cars, and returned to the yurts in a mighty way.

"Grandma, this scene was really hard to shoot!"

Inside the car, Wang Xiaohu was covered with a thick quilt, panting heavily with only his head exposed, and from time to time he picked up Erguotou and poured it into two mouthfuls, wiped his mouth, patted Zhou Xingchi and said: "Xingzi, today's performance is very vivid, Almost made me cry."

Zhou Xingchi grinned stupidly, to get Master's approval is no less than eating two cans of honey for Xingzi, don't look at his few roles in "Mulan": the scene of finding the jade pendant in the river, plus today's battle on the battlefield In that scene, Zhou Xingchi's acting skills got a great breakthrough.

In Wang Xiaohu's words, even if it is a small supporting role, as long as you play it with your heart, you can win the audience's approval.

Take today's scene as an example. Zhou Xingchi and the prisoners of war knelt in the formation of the two armies. From the beginning, they were downcast. When Lin Qingxia took the lead in singing the "Great Wei Army Song" Loud and clear, their kneeling bodies stood upright, the "military song" was loud, neat, and majestic, and everyone in Rouran was terrified of it. Mendu ordered the killing of the prisoners of war, and in the sound of the military song, the prisoners of war of Wei fell one by one .

This scene is as sad as it is sad, as sensational as it is, especially Zhou Xingchi's performance is so vivid, not only Wang Xiaohu, but hundreds of members of the crew are crying, not to mention Hua Mulan in the play, Brigitte Lin I bit my lips and bled, the pain was like a cat's paw scratching my heart hard, it was extremely heartbreaking.

"Great Wei Army Song" might as well be called the Great Wei Elegy. This song is not only sung for the blood-stained frontier soldiers thousands of years ago, but also for modern people.

Ever since the military song was taken to rehearse by Zhao Gang, these guys have never stopped, and every night they would come out to sing two voices while camping. No, the soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army on horseback outside sang again: "A hundred years of life, if Dreams are like illusions. There is life and death, what regrets does a strong man have? Protecting our country, promoting our country, what joy is there in life, and what regrets in death?"

Zhao Gang in the car seemed to have not come out of the scene just now. Hearing the soldiers outside the car singing loudly, he also bluffed at the top of his voice: "Hu Feng from the north, cooking smoke from the south, thinking of my wife and children, looking at my home, close The mountain road is blocked, and the road is long and far.”

Sunset, prairie.

There are horses, carts, and singing.

The singing voice echoed in the canyon for a long time, as if singing the nobility of anger and sorrow entangled in all Chinese border poems.

Wang Xiaohu and the Hong Kong people in the crew did not have much emotion, but the soldiers like Zhao Gang felt the same way. This song is different from the songs such as "Soldiers" and "Soldier Shooting Targets" that Wang Xiaohu taught them before, because The filming of "Mulan" reminded them of the comrades who defended their country on the border of Vietnam. It didn't matter if they sang before, but in the shooting scene this afternoon, with the superb acting skills of Stephen Chow, Lin Qingxia and other actors, a The men who bleed but did not shed tears burst into tears.

Zhao Gang didn't realize until now that Wang Xiaohu said that "Mulan" is actually an epic film with a bit of sadness. Where is the sadness?Just at the end of the film, a song can make people cry, and it is placed in such a plot. Doesn't it indicate that a cruel war is about to be staged?

When camping at night, [-] cows, sheep, etc. were carried out of the kitchen and grilled on the bonfire. The local Inner Mongolians sang and danced and sang toast songs: "Fill the gold and silver cups with wine and raise your hands above your head; fried rice, milk tea, hands Grilled meat, please eat your fill." The atmosphere was extremely lively.

Wang Xiaohu, Lin Qingxia, Weng Meiling, Zhou Xingchi, Zhao Gang and others sat around the bonfire, eating delicious roasted leg of lamb and drinking hot and sour kumiss, enjoying the exotic atmosphere happily.

Wang Xiaohu took a sip of kumiss, the strange taste made him grin, he quickly stuffed a mouthful of lamb leg, and he got used to it.

"Old Zhao, "Mulan" will wrap up tomorrow, have you picked up the actors of "Shooting the Condor" yet?"

"You don't need to order this matter. The colleague responsible for picking up the station has already left." After Zhao Gang finished speaking, he suddenly became a little sad: "Old Wang, every time we finish filming, we break up. These brothers always feel empty."

"Then you guys should change jobs. Come to Xiehe, and we will be able to see each other when we are filming every day."

Wang Xiaohu said casually, but he did not expect that 16 years later, these words would become a reality. Zhao Gang and these PLA soldiers who had cooperated with Wang Xiaohu arrived in Hong Kong with another identity.

Thinking that the production team will wrap up tomorrow, everyone is not in a good mood. After the bonfire dinner, everyone returned to their yurts to rest with their own concerns.

Sitting on the bed, Wang Xiaohu kept flipping through the director's shooting plan, frowning to find out if there were any missing shots. After all, it was hard for everyone to come to the mainland for shooting and framing. If there are some places that are missing, it would be too troublesome to organize the actors later. Yes, and the effect of the re-shot shots is different from the current shot, and it is easy to have gaps.

The flames were crackling in the brazier, Wang Xiaohu nodded his head and heaved a sigh of relief after making sure that nothing was missed, got up, fetched hot water to wash his feet, and was about to go to bed. He walked in with a basin of hot water.

"Ah Hu, I saw that you presumptuously called for you before you went to fetch hot water. You won't be angry, right?" It was Brigitte Lin, her face flushed with cold, standing timidly at the door.

"Hehe, how could I be angry?" Wang Xiaohu took the basin of hot water and asked Brigitte Lin to sit down. He took off his shoes and put his feet into the hot water. The refreshing heat from his feet made him groan He said twice, and immediately raised his head and said with a smile, "Qingxia, thank you."

Brigitte Lin rested her chin, looked intently at Wang Xiaohu, and said quietly after a long time: "Ah Hu, I will return to the mainland with the crew after the production wraps up tomorrow."

"Yeah." Wang Xiaohu lowered his head, looking at the feet in the basin, "Go back and tell Azhi for me that I miss her very much."

Brigitte Lin trembled when she heard the words, feeling lost in her heart.

(End of this chapter)