Chapter Twenty-Four: A Thousand Kings Start Filming
Guan Zhilin didn't care too much about whether she was playing the leading role or a supporting role, but like Xu Ziming, she was young and golden, although she was from a wealthy family, she was a low-key person, and it was difficult to find her with a lantern, and she was full of envy for Xu Ziming's family background, and she remembered that she was able to stand up last night and speak for her father and daughter, which was very comfortable.
Xu Ziming's worries can also be put down, if he doesn't refuse, there is a play.
In the afternoon, Xu Ziming sent Lulu's scene to Guan Shan's house. Guan Shan watched it quickly, and there were really more scenes, but it was quite suitable for his daughter, so he immediately agreed.
After receiving the news of Guan Shan's consent, Xu Ziming hurriedly informed Wang Jin, and several people agreed on the time to start filming, and notified the participating artists and working members in advance.
Before the official start of filming in Hong Kong films, there is always a ritual of turning on the camera to worship the gods, which refers to the table covered with a red cloth, the incense burner, the oven pig and the delicious fruit on the offering. Usually, the camera is covered with a red cloth, and then the main creator of the crew worships God in turn, and finally lifts the red cloth of the machine to announce the start-up. Xu Ziming learned about these things in the novel before, and now it seems that it is true.
The worship of God in Hong Kong is also relatively simple, nothing more than Master Guan, Wong Tai Sin and the like.
With the progress of thought and the development of society, the worship ceremony has now become a unique custom, hoping that their movies can be prosperous and box office hits.
Xu Ziming has been in Hong Kong for nearly a year, and judging the box office in Hong Kong, it seems that the highest is also "Senior Brother Out of the Horse" filmed by Golden Harvest, which is said to be the only movie with more than 10 million yuan. In Hong Kong today, the backseat ticket price is only 8 Hong Kong dollars.
At the beginning of the 80s, Hong Kong movies can be said to be sluggish, the literary style of the 70s has long been gone, followed by a bunch of monster films and kung fu films, but there is no direction, so only "Senior Brother Out" dominates. Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest can be said to be on par, with the top 20 movies, accounting for five and six respectively.
And when the new art city rises, since 81 years, the development of film far surpasses that of Shaw Brothers, and gradually surpasses Golden Harvest. However, the year-on-year increase in the box office is more due to the unprecedented development of the film industry, and the ticket price is increasing year by year.
Looking at Wang Jin in front of him for his pioneering work, lighting incense and worshipping God, Xu Ziming really wanted to slap him with a photon, and he really thought that God would help him at the box office.
Xu Ziming and the others were busy with the matter of turning on the machine to worship God, and the staff concentrated on decorating the environment.
"Mr. Xie, Mr. Wang, Mr. Chen, thank you so much for being able to act in this play. Xu Ziming was still in the dressing room, and the three people who didn't wear makeup said gratefully.
Xie Xian, Wang Yu, and Chen Guantai also replied politely.
The three of them were also very polite, although the three of them didn't know who Xu Ziming was at first, and they also inquired about Li Jiading, and when they heard that he was a trickster, they didn't think about it, so they refused. Fortunately, Wang Jin's father is a big director of wireless, and in view of Wang Jin's father Wang Tianlin is a big director of wireless, he is also a big name except for Run Shaw and Fang Yihua. Xie Xian and the three of them finally agreed under Wang Jin's soft grinding and hard bubbles.
The three of them originally planned to be in front of Xu Ziming, a little-known person, and bow down to the posture, so that Xu Ziming, an investor, would know some rules, after all, the three of them were paid a little less.
However, a few days ago, when I participated in the cocktail party in Xinyi City, I realized that the person in front of me was a wealthy man, and he was too late to climb high, and he didn't dare to offend him, so he always behaved very humble and low-key in the process of chatting with Xu Ziming.
Xu Ziming also felt strange, but he didn't think much about it, and after talking for a while, he ran to the dressing room of the heroines and the heroines, and the dressing room was not very far, just opposite Xie Xian.
In less than a moment, Xu Ziming slipped in. At this time, Huanxue had just opened a bunch of shiny and delicate long hair with the help of a makeup artist, and turned it into two beautiful braids. Zhong Chuhong's pretending to paint is relatively fast, but Xu Ziming is not interested in the sexy Honggu, so his two eyes turned back to stare at Huanxue.
It's weird, where did Guan Zhilin go. Xu Ziming remembered that when the opening ceremony was held, Guan Zhilin was there, and within a few hours, the person was gone. Finding that the dressing room seemed to be missing such a number one person as Guan Zhilin, Xu Ziming hurriedly asked the assistant to call Wang Jin over.
"Ah Jin, why is Miss Guan gone", Xu Ziming asked Wang Jin.
"Oh, you said Miss Guan, there is no play for him today, I asked her to go back first", Wang Jindao.
"You let him go back first", Xu Ziming pronounced the pronunciation of these words more heavily, and then said with a wry smile: "What kind of reputation are you doing, did Guan Zhilin propose it and wanted to leave, and then you agreed." “
Wang Jin looked helpless, "There is indeed no role for Miss Guan today, and she is ill today, so I agreed out of kindness." Wang Jin explained easily, today's scene really did not have Guan Zhilin, otherwise if he wanted to be good to others, he would not take the filming time as a joke.
Xu Ziming was unconcerned, it must be that this dead fat man couldn't stand Guan Meiren's plea, so he should give it a personal favor and agreed out of lust.
was asked by Xu Ziming like this, Wang Jin almost forgot about the matter, and hurriedly said, "Ah Ming, the scene is arranged, and you have a role to play today." ”
"Hmm", Xu Ziming didn't have any temper at all, and this approachable attitude surprised the female assistant next to him.
The first scene to be filmed is that Guo Sheng and Luo Sihai gambled in the billiards hall for the first time to see who scored the most points, Guo Sheng was naturally only abused by the protagonist Luo Sihai. After that, Lei Li will find the billiard hall here, and at the same time, there is a bridge section where the local underworld blackmails Luo Sihai and is taught a lesson by Luo Sihai.
It's just that it's none of Xu Ziming's business later, Xu Ziming only needs to play against Xie Xian, and it's just a few words.
The makeup artist's makeup level is still good, and a little makeup makes Xu Ziming feel like he is in the play. Then put on a wig, a fake beard, and glasses.
When all the actors were ready, Wang Jin asked how the various departments were prepared, and after confirming that there was no problem, he shouted with excitement the first voice of his director's career, "Everyone, filming has started".
Guo Sheng, played by Xu Ziming, came to the billiard table after hearing this, and after taking a shot, he watched the situation on the billiard table for two seconds, looked up and said to Xie Xian, who was taking off his coat: "Our game, 50,000 yuan." ”
"If it's not this number, I won't come!" Xie Xian was smoking a cigar, and with the help of his men, he took off his coat.
Although Xu Ziming's acting skills are not a little worse than Xie Xian, but fortunately, he has been secretly studying on the set of Clear Water Bay for a month, and his acting skills are okay. Needless to say, Xie Xian didn't have any difficulty in playing the role of Luo Sihai, the two filmed very smoothly without the slightest problem.
The next scene is Xie Xian playing billiards, entering a lot of red balls with one shot, and clearing all of them with one shot, and there is no Xu Ziming's role. Of course, Xie Xian himself definitely doesn't have this kind of ability to clear the stage with one shot, and the red balls that enter one by one are naturally thrown into the bag by someone next to them, but they won't enter the picture of the camera. In the later stage, some processing will be carried out to make it look more natural. These depend on the efforts of the editors in the later stage.
"Okay, it's over!"
When Wang Jing shouted, it showed that Xu Ziming's role today was over. He doesn't have many scenes himself, and the scenes filmed later are the scenes where Luo Sihai and Lei Li meet and fight the underworld, these scenes have some martial arts scenes, but the filming can not be completed in a short time.
Xie Xian had to shoot his scene next, so he didn't remove his makeup. Xu Ziming happily played a supporting role today, and he was naturally very happy in his heart, and after removing his makeup, he planned to contact Guan Meiren and meet this "enamel doll" in person.