Chapter 22: Can You Be Serious?
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The rent of the Mei G studio is far more expensive than Li Qing imagined!
didn't shoot in Mei G's studio, and it couldn't achieve the effect Li Qing wanted.
Finally, gritting his teeth, Li Qing rented a studio with the most advanced equipment recommended to Li Qing by the people of Industrial Light and Magic for three days.
After the studio was rented, Liu Zhuo returned to China to arrange the personnel, while Li Qing and Feng Xiaogang stayed in San Francisco to rent equipment.
A few days later, Liu Zhuohui flew to San Francisco, and at the airport, Li Qing saw Jiang Zhuo, who was as gentle as water, and had a compelling spirit.
At the age of ten, Jiang was admitted to ZQ Art School to study Peking Opera, and after graduating from the art school, he joined the ZQ Peking Opera Troupe.
Tsing Yi has relatively high requirements for singing, because Jiang Xu's voice conditions are not very outstanding, so Jiang Xu, who originally studied Tsing Yi, later changed to Dao Ma Dan - in fact, this also made Jiang Xuhui in disguise.
ZQ is the territory of Sichuan Opera, the locals prefer to watch Sichuan Opera, and there are very few people who like to watch Peking Opera, therefore, the actors of the ZQ Peking Opera Troupe are very unsatisfactory, and it is difficult to become popular.
Therefore, Jiang Yu moved his mind to apply for Beiying.
However, at this time, Jiang Xuhu has not yet fully made up her mind to take the Beiying exam, after all, she has studied Peking Opera for eight years, but she has to start all over again in the Beiying exam.
It was also at this time that Li Qing found Jiang Zhuo by calling the ZQ Peking Opera Troupe and invited Jiang Zhuo to be the heroine of the MV of "Wukong".
Born and raised in ZQ, Jiang wanted to see the outside world before making a final decision.
Therefore, after discussing it with his family, Jiang Zhuo, who was eighteen years old at the time, went north alone, and then flew to the United States with Liu Zhuo.
Actually-
There are quite a few episodes in the process.
For example, Jiang saw that Dadi Records' office location in Kyoto was shabby, and he was afraid that Liu Zhuohui was a liar, so he almost returned to ZQ. For example, Jiang Xuan's temporary passport could not be handled, and Li Qing Toma tried to do it for everything. Wait a minute......
Anyway, in the end, Jiang came to San Francisco with the others.
The structure of the MV of "Wukong" planned by Li Qing is the structure of the past and present life of "Journey to the West", and Jiang Yuhu plays the role of Zixia, Sun Wukong's inseparable lover in his previous life.
In order to interpret this story, when recording the CD, Li Qing also changed some lyrics, but in the end, "Wukong" shows the inner world of Sun Wukong after all, so there are not too many shots of Zixia played by Jiang Xu.
It is precisely because of this that it only took half a day for Jiang to finish.
However, Jiang did not return to China - it was not easy to go abroad in the early nineties, many of the people who came were free to help, so they had to be allowed to play for a few days, and besides, the whole shooting was only three or four days, so there was no need to go back in batches.
The remaining two days were all used to shoot Li Qing's monkey costumes, that is to say, the remaining two days are almost Li Qing's one-man show.
The monkey costume takes four or five hours just to put on makeup.
In order to save time, of course, the main thing is to save money, Li Qing got up at three o'clock in the morning to put on makeup.
By the time Jiang Qing got up, Li Qing's makeup was almost on, and he was only missing some change.
filmed a lover scene for a day, and with Li Qing's character, he was naturally familiar with the beauty Jiang Xuan.
Another one, Li Qing, who can write, direct, shoot, act, sing, and dance, also aroused Jiang Xu's curiosity.
Therefore, as soon as he finished washing, Jiang Xuan came to see Li Qing's monkey makeup.
After Jiang Qing circled around Li Qing twice, Li Qing opened his mouth and asked, "How is it, are you fascinated by my mighty and domineering appearance?"
Jiang Yu glanced at Li Qing, and then said: "Mighty and domineering, there is a little bit of it, but how do I feel a little weird, huh...... It's not like the Monkey King of the Six Little Leaders at all. ”
Li Qing instructed the makeup artist to adjust the fiery eyes at the corners of his eyes again, and then said: "It's not like that, it's right, he is "Journey to the West", and I am "Wukong"...... Why didn't you go out for a walk?"
Jiang Xuan continued to look at Li Qing's monkey costume and said, "I don't know English, I'm afraid I'll get lost." ”
Then, Jiang said seemingly unintentionally: "I heard them say that your English is good, why don't you take me out for a walk when you're done?"
Li Qing is Nezha in the sea of love, how can he not see the careful thoughts of Jiang Xu who just fell into the sea of love?
Li Qing said: "No problem, anyway, after filming, I still have to stay here for post-production, you just want me to accompany you for ten days or eight days." At the same time as saying this, Li Qing also raised his eyebrows at Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan, who should have been shy or annoyed, couldn't help but laugh when she saw Li Qing pretending to be Sun Wukong teasing her!
Moreover, the more he looked at Li Qing's expression, the louder Jiang Qing's laughter became!
Li Qing said seriously: "I said, can you be serious, I'm making an appointment with you...... Get down to business. Li Qing still couldn't say the word "cannon", even if Jiang Qing didn't know what it meant.
As soon as Li Qing said this, not only Jiang Xuan, but also everyone else in the room couldn't help laughing!
Li Qing looked at himself carefully in the mirror, and then said, "It's not funny." ”
After hearing Li Qing's words, and seeing Li Qing's movements again, Jiang Qi and the others laughed even more!
But—
Jokes are jokes, when he arrived on the set, Li Qing immediately entered the working state!
Directing the drama to arrange props, directing the photographer to arrange the camera, instructing the crew to use those advanced equipment that they have never heard of, explaining the effect they want to the assistant director Feng Xiaogang who is in charge of the camera during the shooting, talking to the stuntman about the position, etc., etc., etc., etc......
The chaotic scene became orderly under Li Qing's command.
Jiang Xuan, who saw all this in his eyes, held his cheeks and looked at Li Qing intently......
The filming process was not all smooth sailing.
Li Qing has never been an actor in the end, acting in the scene of love and love, Li Qing can play in his true colors, but playing the rebellious, changeable, and unbridled Monkey King, Li Qing has never been able to achieve the state he wants, even if Li Qing has been thinking about this role for more than a month before this.
Later, after clicking dozens of them, Li Qing gave himself more than a dozen, and Li Qing found the feeling he wanted.
In the end, the filming of the MV for "Wukong" took four days to complete, and almost all the extra days were wasted by Li Qing himself.
But no matter what, Li Qing still passed what he thought was the most difficult hurdle, and as for post-production, Li Qing, who is good at this, is not worried at all.
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