The next day, the crew filmed normally, after Chen Ming went through this incident, it was like a different person, after he arrived at the crew, he took the initiative to greet the staff and other actors, and made appropriate jokes.

Especially when he is talking to Liu Yan about his lines, he is no longer so harsh on Liu Yan, if he is not satisfied with any of Liu Yan's lines, Chen Ming will take the initiative to demonstrate to Liu Yan, every word, every expression, every action, will be explained to Liu Yan in detail.

This is a rare opportunity for Liu Yan to learn acting skills, although he has the talent to act, but compared with professional actors, there is still a gap, the reason why Director Zhang asked him to play Yu Daxuan is actually to see that he has a certain temperament that is very consistent with the characters in the play.

With Chen Ming's guidance, Liu Yan's grasp of the role, and the emotional interpretation of some literary dramas are even more in place, and the filming progress is very fast, and in two months, the part that Director Zhang originally planned for three months was completed.

Zhang Yimou and Hu Sanping were very satisfied with the initial shooting of this film, and invited all the main creators to have a meal in the most upscale restaurant in Beijing and held a small celebration banquet.

At the celebration banquet, Hu Sanping made a summary of the pre-shooting, praised all the crew, and then announced that the next filming location of the crew was the desert.

Although the main creative staff had read the script in advance and knew that several scenes were filmed in the desert, everyone thought that they would shoot in a location that imitated the desert, or use green cloth for special effects.

Everyone didn't expect to really go to the desert area to shoot, everyone present was stunned, Hu Sanping is worthy of being an investment boss in the film and television industry, and his eloquence is very good, he continued: "Actually, I discussed this matter with Director Zhang for a long time, whether to do special effects desert or really go to the desert to shoot, and then we made up our minds that the crew must go to the real desert area to shoot, so as to interpret the desolate and pathetic atmosphere." Going to the desert will increase our budget, but I think it's worth it!"

The people present were moved by Hu Sanping's words, and Chen Ming first said: "Mr. Hu, I support shooting in real desert areas, there are too many special effects in movies and TV series now, even if the special effects are good, they are not as good as the real ones." As for going to the desert area, it will be very hard, I think this is the basic quality of an actor, there is nothing to say!"

Other actors also echoed and supported this decision, and what moved Hu Sanping and Director Zhang the most was Xu Shiman, Mo Xiaolin and several other actresses, who also did not hesitate to support filming in desert areas.

After it was set, the crew gave all the members two days off, went home to pack up their things, deal with affairs, and then rushed to Dajiang Province in China together, where there is a large desert, which is the most suitable for filming this kind of desert lonely scene.

Before leaving, Liu Yan came to the martial arts hall and explained to the students, saying that he was going on a business trip for two months.

The most worrying thing about him is Zhang Shuangsheng, although this child is very independent and can endure hardships, but after all, he grew up in the mountains, and some living habits and ways of thinking are incompatible with the life of the city, not to mention that this is still a big city, the capital capital.

Liu Yan chatted with Guan Ning alone for more than an hour, told him that he was going to the desert to film, and entrusted Zhang Shuangsheng to him and asked Guan Ning to take good care of the child.

Guan Ning naturally agreed, and asked, "Pavilion Master Liu, what should I do if Ning Haifeng and Xia Lun have acted excessively?"

Liu Yan knew that these two people were not good at stubble, he was fine when he was there, if he was not there, these two people were very likely to do something, Guan Ning actually wanted his "Shang Fang Sword".

Liu Yan sighed for a moment and said: "If it is an emergency, you can deal with it on my behalf, of course, things also have to be divided into situations, if these two people do not affect others, then you can leave it alone for the time being, give me a call first." If their actions affect others, you can stop them right away!"

With Liu Yan's "Shang Fang Sword", Guan Ning had the bottom in his heart, and Liu Yan explained again: "If the matter is not urgent, and you can't contact me, then you can go to discuss with the owner of the Gao Shenglong Pavilion, he has been established in the martial arts hall for a long time, and he is a martial arts family, very experienced, and has a wide range of contacts, he will give you ideas." ”

Then Liu Yan told Guan Ning Gao Shenglong's phone number, and after explaining, Liu Yan patted Guan Ning on the shoulder and said: "Actually, you also know that I have a lot of things at hand, and I may not spend too much time on the martial arts hall in the future. ”

Guan Ning was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Pavilion Master Liu, this is not good, I am not a business material, and I don't have the ability to be a hall master, no, no." ”

Liu Yan knew that he was a real person, so he said with a smile: "People still need dreams, you can't limit yourself, I've been observing you for a long time, you are a material for opening a martial arts hall, but it's not the time yet, work hard!"

Guan Ning understood Liu Yan's words, that is, his cultivation kung fu is not good, and only if he is successful in kung fu can he be qualified to become the master of the first hall!

"Don't worry, Pavilion Master Liu, I now spend two hours more practicing every day than others, just to make myself stronger, and I will not disappoint your expectations. Guan Ning stood up and said solemnly.

"Then I'll go first, I'll leave it to you here. After Liu Yan finished speaking, he left the martial arts hall.

Liu Yan has never seen a desert since he was so old, so he didn't actually feel that this trip to the desert was hard, but he was a little excited and looking forward to it.

I used to only see the desert in film and television dramas, especially when he watched a Hong Kong martial arts film more than 20 years ago, called "New Dragon Gate Inn", where the desert yellow sand left a deep impression on him, if this movie can also be filmed in that realm, and he is the second male number one among them, Liu Yan feels that he has no regrets for the rest of his life!

The crew first took a plane to the provincial capital of DJI Province, took the crew's props, rented a few cars, and went to the desert area of DJI Province.

The car drove along the asphalt road in the city all the way west, and slowly, the road conditions became worse, and when you looked out of the window, the air became yellow, and you should have seen the desert soon.

After passing through several villages, the car stopped, and everyone was shocked to see what they saw.

The endless desert and blue sky were presented in front of everyone, Liu Yan and a few people who had never seen the desert rushed out of the car and ran towards the desert.

Liu Yan rushed to the front, running on the yellow sand, from time to time holding the yellow sand and raising it into the sky, and others also shouted, jumped, and felt the breath of the desert.

It took the crew half a day to install all the shooting machines, and it was very difficult to shoot in the desert, to prevent fine sand from entering the machine, and the sand was soft on top, and some shooting racks had to be inserted into deep places to be firm, which made the staff spend a lot of trouble.

Since the scene in the movie is in a place with a large slope, the crew put all the equipment on top of the slope to avoid being buried by the wind and sand.

Another difficulty in filming in the desert is that the actors are not adaptable to the water and soil.

After the initial excitement and excitement, they realized how terrible it was to live in the desert.

Xu Shiman's mouth was blistered with blood, and Mo Xiaolin's face was peeled by the wind and sand, and there was a phenomenon of dryness.

Several actors are not much better, Chen Ming's face is yellow, but it matches the yellow sand, standing there is almost integrated with the desert.

Liu Yan adapted well, but he always felt that there was sand in his mouth, and he couldn't spit it out, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Makeup artists are very important at this time, and they have to cover up the appearance of the actor's face, which also takes a lot of work and uses a lot of makeup, several times more than usual.

In half a month, the crew only filmed a few clips, much slower than the original plan, and Director Zhang was a little anxious.

One day, the staff who filmed two scenes thought they were going to rest, but Director Zhang asked to shoot another desert scene at dusk, and he also wanted to hang Weiya.

Everyone got busy again, and finally set up the scene before the sun went down, where Qi Jiguang and Yu Daxuan would have a duel with several Japanese ninjas.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Director Zhang raised the horn and shouted to start, Liu Yan and Chen Ming led the soldiers, and prepared for a decisive battle with several ninja wokos who were coming.

Suddenly, there was a bell sound in the distance, Director Zhang was not the first time to come to the desert, he knew that this should be a special bell hanging around the neck of a camel in the desert, and judging from the sound, there was more than one camel.

Director Zhang decided that it was very strange, so he had to shout again to stop, and then looked towards the sound of the bell.

Sure enough, a caravan of camels came out from the bottom of the slope in the distance, and strangely enough, the camels were not loaded with goods, but instead sat people.

These people are very strong, with headscarves wrapped around their heads, masks, thick denim clothes, and even more frightening are two people with long shotguns behind them.

Director Zhang's heart tightened, he had a premonition that something was wrong, these people didn't seem to be good, in this desolate desert, the crew had no way to hide, there was no way to escape, if they really encountered robbers, they could only stare dryly.

The pair of camels slowly walked to the side of the crew, stopped, and the lead guy was dark-skinned, tall, wearing big riding boots, and asked in stiff Mandarin: "Who asked you to come here to film?"

Director Zhang had no choice but to walk over, with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "We are from the capital, and we will leave after a few days of filming." ”

In fact, everyone understands in their hearts that the desert belongs to the country, not to the individual at all, no one can turn the desert into their own, these people are deliberately finding fault, Director Zhang did not dare to question directly, he could only say euphemistically.

"I asked you, don't you understand? Who asked you to come here to film!" the big man raised his voice, aggressive.

Director Zhang was about to continue to say something in a low tone, but Liang Zhongren, who was standing behind, couldn't stand it anymore, his temper was also very hot, and he shouted: "What the hell are you talking about? Is the desert your home? We still need your consent for filming?"