Chapter 344: Jianghu
Wang Zhou and others' brokerage affairs, naturally Wang Yulan is in charge, and Zhao Zhenghao immediately devoted himself to the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" after completely ending the itinerary of the "legendary" world tour.
flew to the frontier for a few more days, hurried and hurried, and finally ended the scene here before the change, and the crew moved to the Hengdian Film and Television Base in Jiangsu Province.
Most of the scenes of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will be filmed here.
At the beginning of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Yu Xiulian is in charge of the dart game, which is about to escort a single dart goods from Jiangnan to the capital, and at this time, Li Mubai came out of the retreat.
This scene, in the original version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", was filmed in Hongcun in Hui Province, where the most original Hui architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties is preserved.
However, before that, Hongcun in this world has become a well-known scenic spot because it has become the location of many film and television dramas and entertainment programs.
Although the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not short of money, they can completely charter Hongcun for filming, but for Zhao Zhenghao, this is not necessary.
After Zhao Zhenghao explained his scenery requirements to Ren Lan clearly, the staff she photographed traveled all over the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River and found no less than ten locations that met the requirements.
Zhao Zhenghao chose the one closest to the Hengdian Film and Television Base because it was convenient.
In the original work of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Li Mubai should be in his early thirties, when he was in the prime of life, his martial arts had reached the realm, and he was famous in the rivers and lakes, and there were almost no rivals.
Yu Xiulian's age is two years younger than Li Mubai, and she is also a big girl in her thirties.
The emotional entanglement between Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, but the two parties are trapped in the shackles of feudal etiquette and dare not show their hearts to each other.
As soon as Li Mubai came out, he went down the mountain to look for Yu Xiulian, in fact, he was ready to break through the shackles in his heart, and he and Yu Xiulian had a lover and finally became a family.
This can be clearly felt in his conversation with Yu Xiulian.
After meeting Yu Xiulian, Li Mubai first talked to her about her thoughts on retreat and practice, saying things such as: "During this retreat, I entered a deep silence, and there was only light, time, and space around me were gone. Something like that.
Li Mubai was born in the Wudang faction, his martial arts are already invincible, and if he wants to go further, he can only seek a result from the mysterious "Dao".
However, the retreat and enlightenment did not make Li Mubai go further, and in the face of Yu Xiulian's question, "Have you attained the Tao?", Li Mubai's answer was, "I don't feel this way, because I don't have the joy of attaining the Tao, on the contrary, I am surrounded by a kind of sorrow of silence, which is beyond the limit of what I can bear, I have made up my mind, I can't continue, there are some things, I need to think about it." ”
In fact, at this time, Li Mubai had already figured out that what he was pursuing was not to attain the Tao, but to do other things, such as: staying and flying with Yu Xiulian.
It's a pity that Yu Xiulian couldn't guess his mind at this time, and asked stupidly, "What's the matter?"
Li Mubai replied, "Some things that I can't let go of in my heart." ”
He could only say it so clearly.
In ancient Chinese society educated by Confucianism and Taoism, there were only two kinds of people in the world: "gentlemen" and "hypocrites", Li Mubai, who was a true gentleman.
He has always adhered to the style of "preserving heavenly principles and destroying people's desires", he would rather look at the love of his life than stay together, and he would rather do something sorry for his brother Meng Sizhao.
This style of acting has made Li Mubai a great hero and a chivalrous man admired by the world.
However, he won endless glory in the world, but he also paid the price of losing his entire life for this.
There is a characteristic in the bones of the Dragon Kingdom nation, that is, face is more important than lining, and in Li Mubai, this characteristic is vividly reflected.
However, after a long period of retreat, although Li Mubai did not "attain enlightenment" as he wished, he really figured out what he wanted.
He thought that he had made it clear enough to Yu Xiulian that Yu Xiulian should have the same heart and mind as him and make the same choice as him.
Therefore, Li Mubai handed over his saber and entrusted it to Yu Xiulian, asking him to hand it over to the middleman between the official and the rivers and lakes, so as to show that he wanted to push out the rivers and lakes, no longer be trapped by the rules of the rivers and lakes, and pursue the will to truly belong to his own life.
Yu Xiulian's reply at that time also gave Li Mubai the illusion that she had understood his intentions, and the two made an appointment to meet in the capital.
This plot, which seems simple and does not take long, contains a lot of information and sets the tone of the whole movie.
The original version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Fa Ge who played Li Mubai, and Sister Ziqiong who played Yu Xiulian were all well-known movie celebrities in Zhao Zhenghao's previous life, and Fa Ge's status in the film circle of Zhao Zhenghao's previous life was higher than that of Wang Bangmin, Wu Hai and others in this world.
In Zhao Zhenghao's previous life, Sister Ziqiong was also one of the few female celebrities in the film and television industry, and she was also one of the few superstars who really had international prestige.
Although Zhao Zhenghao is now the double actor of the Golden Goat Award and the Golden Goblet Award, his status in the circle is still not comparable to that of Fa Ge in his previous life;
Viewers who have watched the original version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" feel the most embarrassed should be the embarrassing Xiangjiang accent of Fa Ge and Sister Ziqiong.
Now, the roles of Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian have been replaced by Zhao Zhenghao and Yi Ping, and the accent problem does not exist.
In addition to his outstanding achievements in the film industry, Yi Ping is also a good hand in the drama industry, and drama is the most test of actors' line skills, which is recognized in the circle.
Zhao Zhenghao and Yi Ping's acting skills are placed here, and literary dramas like the opening of the film, although the scenes are heavy, the lines are awkward, and the emotions are difficult to grasp, but they can't pose any difficulties for them.
Zhao Zhenghao and Yu Xiulian, when filming this scene, gave a good acting lesson to the other actors and staff of the crew.
During the performance, Zhao Zhenghao only established Li Mubai, a character who was deeply poisoned by traditional etiquette and religion, although he had decided in his heart that he wanted to bravely pursue his own life, but his expression could only be concealed and obscure.
The background of the story of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" takes place in the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Zhenghao made great sacrifices in order to play Li Mubai well, shaved off his hair, put on a wig cover, had a shiny head, and carried a long braid on his back.
On his body, he wears a traditional robe and coat.
When this costume was just done, it caused quite a stir in the crew, and everyone was very curious about what kind of effect Zhao Zhenghao would show after making such a costume.
Brother Hao never disappoints!
This traditional dress of the Qing Dynasty used his strength to help Zhao Zhenghao gain another batch of fans in the crew.
Even the well-informed Yi Ping saw it, and her eyes lit up.
As the No. 1 actress in the current Dragon Kingdom film industry, Yi Ping has worked with actors, not a hundred, but also eighty, and all kinds of people have seen a lot, and they will not be moved easily.
However, when she saw Zhao Zhenghao appear in front of her for the first time in the image of Li Mubai, Yi Ping's eyes couldn't help narrowing.
Others only saw Zhao Zhenghao's ability to control any image and role from Zhao Zhenghao's outfit, but Yi Ping saw more things from Zhao Zhenghao's actions and eyebrows.
After taking over the role of Yu Xiulian, Yi Ping conducted a special study on Zhao Zhenghao, who had a lot of rivalry with him in this film.
Although at that time, Zhao Zhenghao had already won the Golden Sheep and Golden Jue double actor in one fell swoop by playing the role of Chen Yongren in "Infernal Affairs", and her momentum was even better than that of the Golden Sheep, Golden Dragon, and Golden Jue!
However, before that, Yi Ping didn't pay much attention to Zhao Zhenghao, who had become famous in recent years.
After repeatedly studying Zhao Zhenghao's performances in "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Journey to the West" and "Infernal Affairs", Yi Ping has to admit that Zhao Zhenghao's acting skills are indeed outstanding, although in her opinion, there is still a certain gap between Yang Chaozhong, Wang Bangmin, and Wu Hai's old drama bones, but it is commendable enough to be able to have such skills at the age of 30.
has the qualifications to play with her.
However, although she already thinks she knows Zhao Zhenghao's acting skills clearly enough, when she really saw Zhao Zhenghao enter the performance state, Yi Ping still felt amazing, and she was more or less under pressure.
Before Yi Ping took over the role of Yu Xiulian, she had many meetings with Zhao Zhenghao in the three major film awards ceremonies of the Dragon Kingdom, and after the Golden Goblet Award and Golden Goblet Award ceremonies, she also accepted media photos and brief interviews together as a new actor and actress.
After deciding to join the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he also met with Zhao Zhenghao many times to discuss the plot and understand the characters.
At those times, Zhao Zhenghao gave her the feeling that he was just approachable and talented, and he didn't have too many intuitive feelings about his acting skills.
Now, seeing Zhao Zhenghao change his costume and enter the role, Yi Ping's feelings are completely different from before, although filming has not officially started, but Zhao Zhenghao's every move has already interpreted Li Mubai's sullen temperament to the fullest.
In contrast, although Yi Ping has also dressed up neatly, she is not as direct and simple as Zhao Zhenghao in terms of bringing in the role.
Yi Ping didn't want to be compared to Zhao Zhenghao, so she immediately adjusted her mentality, changed her mood, and began to enter the character.
Zhao Zhenghao and Yi Ping will play without saying a word, and the rest of the crew will have mixed blessings.
Fortunately, the filming went extremely smoothly, most of the shots were passed by one, or at the initiative of Zhao Zhenghao and Yi Ping, they were asked to shoot two more in other ways of acting.
The worry is that the filming went so smoothly that the original shooting plan became a piece of waste paper, which needed to be adjusted temporarily, adding a lot of workload to other staff.
After the filming of the opening scene of the movie was completed, the crew did not transfer, but remained in place and continued to shoot the follow-up scenes.
The plot jumps from the beginning to the climax in the middle and late stages.
is still in Yu Xiulian's Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, and the characters are replaced by Yu Xiulian and Yu Jiaolong.
This scene is about Yu Jiaolong's second time stealing the Qingying Sword from Baylor Mansion, leaving the rivers and lakes, relying on the sword in his hand and strong martial arts, after defeating the heroes of the rivers and lakes, he came to Yu Xiulian's residence for a short stay.
Later, the two started fighting without saying a word, and Yu Jiaolong relied on a Qingying sword to break Yu Xiulian's several weapons, dedicating the audience to the audience the most exciting martial arts scene in the whole film.
The excitement of this scene is not in Yu Jiaolong, but in Yu Xiulian.
Although Yu Jiaolong is a martial arts wizard, he only practiced the Xuanqi swordsmanship of the Wudang faction with only a sword score obtained from the jade-faced fox, but after all, his skills are still shallow, and his martial arts alone are not enough to compete with Yu Xiulian.
The reason why she was able to break Yu Xiulian's several weapons in this scene was mainly due to the advantage of the Qingying Sword.
Yu Xiulian's usual weapon is a double knife, which was explained in the plot before this scene, but he was born in the dart game, and there are all kinds of good players in the dart game, so that she also knows all kinds of weapons.
After her usual double knives were cut off by the Qing Ying Sword, Yu Xiulian used a variety of weapons one after another, showing her equally outstanding martial arts talent.
In this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Yu Xiulian and Yu Jiaolong are the two extremes of the traditional female image of the Dragon Kingdom, although Yu Xiulian is in the rivers and lakes, she is deeply influenced by traditional etiquette, and from her own heart, obeys this moral concept that suppresses human nature, and also hopes that others will be like herself.
Before this scene, Yu Xiulian had stood on her own position many times and persuaded Yu Jiaolong, hoping that she could be like herself, and be a good woman recognized by everyone.
But Jade Jiaolong, although he was born in a large family, because he was influenced by the jade-faced fox since he was a child, he was full of yearning for the world outside the small world where he was imprisoned, and for the rivers and lakes that are free and happy in the book romance.
Before she met Li Mubai, she dared to rely on the three-legged cat kung fu that she had not yet mastered, single-handedly chased the bandits and killed them into the bandits' den.