Chapter 309 Endless
After this episode, Shi Xiaolong was a little out of shape. It can't be said that it ended abruptly, but it was somewhat anticlimactic.
He probably felt that he had no chance of winning, so when he was acting with three actresses later, he seemed more and more absent-minded.
This resulted in the three actresses being unable to perform any functions.
Fortunately, Yang Junyi, who was ranked second to perform, performed brilliantly. His moves were smooth and his spear was so powerful that it could withstand wind and rain.
He was also the one who used the least auxiliary props. If it weren't for the minor problem with the supporting performance, the entire fight scene could have been shot in one shot.
The third person to appear, Zhang Jin, was not bad either.
The most wire calls among the four groups made his movements more imaginative. Although not as smooth as Yang Junyi's, the viewing level was raised to a higher level.
No matter whether the moves are practical or not, as long as they look cool, it's fine.
As for Zhou Qunda from the fourth group, the one with the most stunning overall design sense, and unlike the first three, all the key fighting scenes were performed on himself, Zhou Qunda adopted a dual-core mode.
The final scene of 'the father and son wielding two guns like a broken bamboo' made Xu Kun a little shaken.
However, Zhou Qunda's movements were obviously not as smooth and natural as those of the other three, and there was a big difference in continuity - Zhou Qunda's appearance was the ugliest among the four.
When replaying the video, there are a few close-ups that cannot be said to be of a broken face, but they don’t look like decent characters at all.
In comparison, Zhang Jin's appearance is much better, and even Yang Junyi uses makeup to make up for some flaws.
After watching the video replay, Shi Xiaolong was eliminated first as expected, and the second person to be eliminated was Yang Junyi.
In fact, in terms of martial arts moves alone, the level shown by Yang Junyi is actually better than that of Zhou Qunda or even Zhang Jin.
But the problem is that he works too hard, and you can feel the anger simmering in his heart when you look at the camera.
Xu Kun discussed with the deputy director of the film channel and felt that they should be cautious. Ordinary actors who act with emotions may show stronger explosive power, but martial arts actors who act with emotions...
If the protagonist gets injured during filming, it would be a big mistake.
Of course, the reason why Yang Junyi was eliminated was because the gap between Zhang Jin and Yang Junyi was not that big, and Zhang Jin even had a slight advantage in appearance.
In the end, only Zhang Jin and Zhou Qunda were left.
Deng Yancheng strongly recommended Zhou Qunda, insisting that Zhou Qunda's routine was the most brilliant and his literary drama was not weak at all.
Zhou Ping, who had been silent before, could not help but question whether Zhou Qun had received the news in advance. If they had the same preparation time, Zhou Yi's martial arts team would never lose.
The two sides were arguing and naturally Xu Kun had to make the decision in the end.
"Zhou Qun's performance is indeed good, and he is on par with Zhang Jin." Xu Kun first affirmed Zhou Qun's performance, and then shook his head regretfully, saying, "It's just that his accent is a bit of a problem. It's easy to lose the role when acting with mainland actors, and dubbing in the later stage is also a problem."
Institutions like movie channels are the most politically correct.
If Xu Kun directly excludes people from Hong Kong Island, Deng Yancheng will make a fuss about it, and the project manager may have to step in and try to smooth things over.
But Deng Yancheng couldn't get angry directly because he was picky about the accent.
Deng Yancheng could only complain in his half-baked Mandarin: "We Hong Kong talents have only returned a few years ago. Director Xu shouldn't have such high requirements. Just give us more opportunities to promote communication so that we can speak Mandarin well!"
"Then let him communicate again."
Xu Kun said: "I also started learning to speak Mandarin after I was 19 and moved to the city to develop my career. That's later than when Hong Kong was returned to China. Anyway, there will be opportunities in the future. As long as he communicates more often, he should be able to learn it quickly."
Deng Yancheng wanted to argue, but Xu Kun cut the screen and said, "Come on, let's see which actress is more suitable."
Seeing this, Deng Yancheng had no choice but to give up.
In front of other directors, he could rely on his seniority to bully others, but this trick didn't work in front of Xu Kun. The only thing he could rely on was the banner of unity.
But Xu Kun clearly refused to accept the challenge, and he was at a loss for what to do.
Actresses also have to choose between the two.
Liu Tao and Yin Tao also performed very well - Li Xiaoran also performed very well, but she was destined not to compete for the female lead. After repeated discussions, Xu Kun finally chose Yin Tao because Yin Tao's ancient costume looks more heroic and more in line with the "Tiger Girl" character of the female lead Shen Feiyan.
Liu Tao's ancient costume looks more gentle and tender.
After the final result was announced, there were some happy and some sad people at the audition scene. Yang Junyi's reaction was the most intense. After hearing the result, he turned around and left with a grim face.
Zhang Jin subconsciously wanted to hold him back, but he really couldn't bear to give up this opportunity to show off, so in the end he could only look at his back and shake his head with a bitter smile.
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In the following days, Xu Kun gradually confirmed the candidates for the other leading roles, including the male protagonist's father Wang Zhaoxing, and finally invited Zhen Zidan's master Zhao Changjun, who was once as famous as Jet Li.
After 93, Mr. Zhao retired from the film industry and concentrated on running a martial arts school in his hometown. This time, he was willing to come out of retirement because the film channel asked local leaders to invite him, which finally moved Mr. Zhao.
Li Yuncong, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture who likes the heroine Shen Feiyan, is played by Ren Yan.
Another regular character responsible for supporting the main role, Shu Tong Xiaolai, was asked by Liu Haibo to do a favor - but because the boy still had to prepare for the college entrance examination, he had to wait until later to join the group.
Hao Lei played the role of Liu Xiangyun, the female owner of the black shop in the first film. In the original version, Yan Ni disappeared in the middle of the fight because of her limited schedule.
Now that Hao Lei has taken over the role, she naturally has a lot more scenes.
Anyway, by the beginning of June, the crew was officially opened.
Originally, according to Xu Kun's idea, he wanted to gather everyone together to read the script first, but unfortunately, there were too many cameo roles of varying sizes in the ten digital films, and it was already a favor for them to agree to a cameo appearance.
You call people over to read the script...
In the end, Xu Kun could only take a few leading actors with him to develop a tacit understanding, while he also took the time to make up for his lessons.
I was busy with everything, including camera language, layout and positioning, lighting and color. I was so busy that I was dizzy all day long.
Fortunately, although his last movie was just a script, he had laid some foundation - and when he was a producer before, he also paid attention to these things, so he was not too confused.
6 month 9 number.
The crew officially moved to Hengdian and booked a hotel with a remote location and old facilities.
There is no other way. The filming budget is limited, so we can only save money from this.
Fortunately, there are no big-name actors in the crew. The biggest star is Xu Kun himself. He has no objections, so how could others dare to have any objections?
After checking in, Huang Bin led people to do chores like packing luggage and making beds. Xu Kun, the hands-off boss, sat in the room for a while and felt a little redundant, so he decided to walk around and get familiar with the environment first.
As a result, as soon as I got from the second floor to the first floor, I ran into a few familiar faces.
The leader was none other than Sun Donghai, who had previously gone to the audition site to cause trouble.
"Mr. Sun?"
Xu Kun asked suspiciously: "What are you doing?"
When Sun Donghai saw Xu Kun, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He has been busy recently, but secretly sent people to Xu Kun's hometown to investigate.
After much investigation, no evidence was found that Xu Kun had committed murder, but a lot of his deeds of bravery and brutality were discovered.
So even though Sun Donghai felt that he was intimidated by Xu Kun at the beginning and felt a little unhappy, he gave up the idea of targeting Xu Kun just in case.
Facing Xu Kun's question, he smiled and said, "I was a little rude to Miss Yin Tao last time, so I came here to apologize this time."
Damn~
This isn't the end yet, is it?
Xu Kun's face darkened slightly. "Mr. Sun, if you want to apologize, don't rush. Once we finish filming, you can apologize however you want. But now... I hope Mr. Sun won't bother my leading lady for the time being."
Sun Donghai said with a double meaning: "I am afraid that it is too late to apologize. Miss Yin Tao is more than just the heroine. Director Xu, actresses should not be the director's private property, right?"
(End of this chapter)
