I didn't want to be an actor

In terms of genre elements, action movies are genre movies that are mainly aimed at showing intense, tense, and exciting fighting scenes.

The biggest attraction of action movies is naturally the action scenes.

This is also the biggest reason for the decline of action movies - for action scenes, actors, especially the leading actors, must at least be good at action.

Where are there actors who are good at action scenes?

Even if there are... they don't look good!

Action actors are very good-looking. Li Lianjie and Jackie Chan are both handsome guys, especially Li Lianjie, who has a righteous and elegant temperament...

In the past, Zhen Zidan was considered second-rate in Hong Kong...

There is a saying about ecological niches in the Hollywood circle. Actors of a certain type and grade are ranked first, second, and third. Each studio will invite them one by one according to the budget and schedule. If they can't invite them, they will downgrade and choose the second one.

This is especially true for Hong Kong movies.

For example: Wang Jing said that the original plan for Young and Dangerous was to invite Andy Lau, the representative actor of gangsters after A Moment of Romance. But when Andy Lau refused to act, he invited He Jiajin, who had played Hua Yingxiong, a comic-faced actor. After that failed, he invited Cheng Yimian, who was still relatively unknown at the time.

Every genre only needs a king. Those who learn from me will live, and those who imitate me will die. The winner takes all!

The same is true for kung fu movies.

Back then, Jackie Chan was seriously injured while filming Dragon Brothers in Yugoslavia. In the following years, his production dropped significantly and his signature dangerous actions were much less. Many people saw the opportunity and tried to introduce a new Jackie Chan to replace him. Wu Siyuan found Li Yuanba and Tang Long, and Yuan Heping brought in Donnie Yen...

Unfortunately, the market left by Jackie Chan was eaten up by Cinema City's gunfight movies, and Donnie Yen, Tang Long, and Li Yuanba were all unsuccessful.

Later, Tsui Hark and Li Lianjie revived the martial arts market, and Donnie Yen followed suit to shoot martial arts.

Unexpectedly, it is even worse. Kung Fu movies have a threshold after all. With the trampoline + wire + fast editing of Yuan Heping and Cheng Xiaodong, a bunch of beautiful actors have come to the martial arts film market to grab a living. Zhen Zidan has simply fallen to playing a villain and a supporting role.

It was not until Jackie Chan and Li Lianjie fled to Hollywood that Zhen Zidan had an opportunity.

With them, the market is only willing to invest resources in Jackie Chan and Li Lianjie.

Let alone Zhen Zidan, Sammo Hung went downhill for a few years after 1988, and even the male lead was difficult to take after 1993...

Two thousand years later, relying on "SPL", "Flash Point" and "Ip Man", Zhen Zidan became the flagship figure of Hong Kong action movies!

The film and television industry is an industry that cannot afford to gamble.

Unless you can make 100% money, the probability of investment is not high.

The same is true for "Raging Fire". After Shen Liang was confirmed, Zhen Zidan joined the cast, and the subsequent things were simple...

Zhen Zidan had heard of Shen Liang, after all, he is the first of the new generation in the mainland... and Yan Hua had worked with him before, and probably knew that this person was very hardworking in filming.

And he is quite skilled...

So, the requirements for him were still very strict.

It took five days to shoot just this scene...

Ben Chen gave the crew a day off, and then they would shoot the gunfight in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Real shooting!

Of course, it was not a real gunfight in Tsim Sha Tsui - the crew built a BJ road to shoot the gunfight and explosion scenes...

Ben Chen actually doesn't like CG very much. The explosion scene in "Drug War" was all real shooting...

There are so many scrapped cars in "Raging Fire", and real cars are used. Of course, they are basically scrapped cars. The crew bought them back and painted them like new...

Compared with the production budget of the entire play, the price of these cars is not worth mentioning.

When Ringo Lam was filming "Sky on Fire", the car chase scene was upgraded directly. The Maserati worth more than 2 million yuan was really used for crashing.

When the producer saw that it cost more than 1 million yuan to repair the car, he felt sorry for the money. Ringo Lam laughed and comforted him: "What's the big deal about crashing the car? Crashing more than a hundred cars is less than the actors' pay."

...

Back at the hotel, it was already three o'clock in the morning. Shen Liang simply washed up and prepared to go to bed. Rouba was woken up and asked in a daze: "So late today again?"

"...No way, we have to meet the deadline!"

"Is filming in Hong Kong so tight?"

"About..."

Shen Liang nodded: "Under normal circumstances, a drama can only be shot for two months..."

"Oh, then you should go to bed..."

"Yeah."

Shen Liang hugged her, kissed her, turned off the lights... and then fell asleep...

At 7 o'clock in the morning, he was woken up by a suck...

Since he was awake, he did some morning exercises!

A day's plan begins in the morning!

After finishing, Shen Liang said: "You don't have to be so early, take a day off today..."

"...Rest?"

"Well, the crew needs to check the built buildings..."

After thinking for a while, Shen Liang asked her: "Do you want to buy clothes? I'll go with you!"

"Okay!" Rouba nodded first, then asked in confusion: "Aren't you afraid of being photographed?"

"It's okay, just wear a mask and a hat..."

Just don't admit it if you are photographed!

Besides, in this situation, it won't be on the hot search.

The epidemic has come...

...

The film and television industry has completely entered a cold winter period!

The downstream links cannot operate normally.

The film industry chain from upstream to downstream is creative planning, shooting and production, film distribution, and cinema chains. Among them, the downstream cinema chains have been hit hard, and closing has almost become commonplace.

The downstream industry chain cannot operate, which has led to the film market being basically shut down, theater screenings have been suspended, shooting work has been postponed, and scheduled films have been postponed...

At the same time, it also triggered problems with the performance of subsequent film and television contracts, problems with corporate operating costs and financing during the window period, unemployment of film and television personnel, and problems with the gap between theater camps and video websites.

Film and television companies have suffered huge losses, many film and television bases have been temporarily closed, the film industry chain has suffered heavy losses, a large number of TV series have been stagnant and backlogged, most TV variety shows have stopped recording, and some new programs that are about to be launched have been postponed. They are facing huge losses from advertisers' possible withdrawal of investment, leading to the bankruptcy of many small and medium-sized enterprises.

Shen Liang can't go back to the mainland for the time being...

Even if he goes back, the filming of "Life Events" will be postponed-it was originally scheduled to be filmed in Wuhan in late February, but now, it is impossible!

As for TV series...

Several film and television bases have closed.

However, "Raging Fire: Serious Case" continues to be filmed...

Shen Liang is not in a hurry at all-he has experienced it!

Every day is optimistic...

But others are different.

The cinema is closed...

When will it open?

Ben Chen Musheng is very worried...

After all, "Raging Fire: Serious Case" cost 180 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is unknown when it will be released.

Shen Liang comforted him, "Director, don't worry about this. I'm so calm... This movie is invested by Teng Xun, they will definitely find a way to release it!"

"Do you have any specific information?"

"No... But we have to trust the government..."

"..."

Donnie Yen came over and asked about the release of the movie...

Shen Liang didn't remember the specific time when the theater opened...

Then, many crew members came over.

They were very worried!

Shen Liang simply said, "If you are bored, let's shoot another one!"

"Another one?"

"Yes... Anyway, my project has been postponed... Even if I go back to the mainland, I don't know when I can start work. Let's make another action movie!"