After watching the film dozens of times, and finally watching it with a slow-motion lens no less than ten times, Wang Xiaohu finally found the awkward place. 【】

"I see, it's the wrong way to shoot!" Wang Xiaohu asked Yuan Heping to put a multi-cloned disc of film into it, and with the help of clearly marked field signs, he quickly found these sets of pictures.

So Wang Xiaohu played these sets of pictures repeatedly, and at the same time said to Yuan Heping: "Big eyes, see if you are here, you were filmed in the terracotta warriors and horses below, and Ah Zhi and I hugged each other and flew around a few times. Here, here's the close-up you pulled over, and you can find a lot of awkward places from the close-up shots, which are the clips we composited. ”

"I think we can cut out the close-up effects and reshoot them." Wang Xiaohu hugged his arms and thought about it.

"Remake! Don't, don't, the crew is tired, especially the Via team, have you forgotten how difficult it was to finish filming? Yuan Heping shook his head, the expression on his face was ugly.

After all, this set of pictures was too difficult to shoot at that time, more than a dozen groups of Weiya were hanging in the air, and it took more than 20 experiments to let two people start, and even then there were more than 30 NG, which can be regarded as creating a precedent for the creation of Concord Films.

As soon as he heard that he was going to reshoot this set of shots, Yuan Heping didn't say anything other than shaking his head and rattle.

Wang Xiaohu smiled: "I didn't say that we remade the Weiya team, I have a better solution." ”

"Okay, as long as you don't use the Via team, it's no problem for you to reshoot a few times, but I'll give you the camera myself." Yuan Heping said.

Yuan Heping, as the assistant director of the film, is the person in the whole crew who knows best what kind of movie Wang Xiaohu wants to make after Zhao Yazhi. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the Via team had been really tired enough in the past six months, he would really have to pull down his face and call Yuan Kui and Yuan De to go back to work.

"Even Lucas can leave to participate in a world-renowned event like the 51st Oscars, what is my sacrifice?"

Yuan Heping thought in his heart, and when he saw Wang Xiaohu take out a paper and pen and write something there, he was dumbfounded when he went up and looked at it.

I saw that Wang Xiaohu drew a circle on his paper, and there were two people standing in the circle. The second picture is even more interesting, two people standing on two circles, facing each other and holding hands, but one here and one there.

After watching it for a long time, Yuan Heping suddenly realized: "Ah, I understand, Ah Hu, you want to use close-up shots to depict only the upper bodies of two people, so that you can solve the situation without Weiya." ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "Yes, I used to show off my head and turned into the tip of the horns that must be used by Weiya, but how to make movements when a person falls in mid-air, the expression he shoots is always not as natural as standing on the ground." ”

"That's right, I didn't even think of such a simple method, haha, it's really stupid, I'll arrange it." Yuan Heping laughed and left the editing room, shaking his head and muttering to himself when he went out: "I didn't think that two turntables would solve the problem, it's so interesting, it's so interesting." ”

On July 10, Spielberg and another industrial light and magic minister he was loaned to help shoot "ET" - Douglas. Trump came to Hong Kong together, and at present, the post-production special effects of "Myth" have only completed one-tenth, and Wang Xiaohu and others had to lead a team to the mainland to shoot the ancient part of "Myth", so they were invited to help Lucas and Grant complete the special effects production.

Spielberg was overjoyed when he saw Wang Xiaohu, he exaggerated and said: "Boss, it's a pity that you missed the Oscars this time, don't you know that George's "Star Wars" has won several nominations, let me count, best art direction, best costume design, best sound, best editing, best visual effects, best music, sound effects production special achievements and other 7 awards." ”

"Steven, you said it on the phone, it's just a nomination!" Lucas sighed and said, "Damn the judges of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, they never seem to have the slightest interest in science fiction. ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled, in fact, this is indeed the case, don't look at Lucas and Spielberg who dominated the North American box office throughout the 80s, but the little golden man never favored them, which can not but be said to be a kind of sadness.

"George, don't be discouraged, just because they're not interested doesn't mean the audience isn't interested, as long as the audience likes it, what about the rest? After all, a lot of dollars slipped into our pockets, and we were doing what we loved. ”

Wang Xiaohu patted Lucas on the shoulder and comforted him, and after a long time, Lao Qiao nodded and said, "Boss, you're right, we're doing what we like to do, we're creating a world movie miracle!" ”

"Okay, I'll leave this side to you, don't mess it up for me." Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and said, "George, just make the special effects according to the style we originally prescribed." ”

"Don't worry, I have now figured out the surprise of Chinese and Western cultures, of course, limited to this movie, 5,000 years of Chinese culture is even more difficult for me to study than the Bible." Lucas smiled.

If he didn't follow the crew to shoot at the beginning, he may not have his current grasp of the overall style of "Myth", especially in the post-special effects synthesis stage, Wang Xiaohu in addition to not being able to make a machine, the overall style and lens requirements of this film have made Lucas clear. Wang Xiaohu can also go to the mainland to shoot with confidence.

On July 15, the crew of "Mythology" was more than 50 people, the first batch arrived in Guangzhou and stepped on the train to Yanjing, and the remaining second batch will be led by Sammo Hung, which will pass by the end of July, because there are too many people, and on the other hand, China has strengthened the strict garrison of the border.

On the train, Wang Xiaohu didn't see Zhang Rui, and Zhao Gang told him: "Zhang Rui and more than 100 other fighters have gone to Yunnan, and the Vietnamese Yankees over there have not been very honest in the past six months." ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded and stopped talking, he understood the deep meaning of Zhao Gang's words, and believed that Zhao Gang and those in Zhongnanhai didn't know that this war would be tossed for ten years.

The Self-Defense Counterattack War against Vietnam, also known as the Sino-Vietnamese War, refers to the war that broke out between China and Vietnam on the northern border of Vietnam from February 17, 1979 to March 16, 1979.

The Sino-Vietnamese War, in a broad sense, refers to the military conflicts on the Sino-Vietnamese border for nearly a decade from 1979 to 1989. These include the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese border self-defense and counterattack operations, the 1981 battles for China to recover the Kuolin Mountains and Faka Mountains, the 1984 battles to recover the Lao Mountains, Zheyin Mountains, and the Dongshan Mountains of the Bali River, the operation against Vietnam, the two-mountain round battle, and the defensive operations against Vietnam.

As for the cause of this battlefield, Wang Xiaohu knows a little bit, but he doesn't quite understand what it is, after all, he was not born when the Vietnam War occurred in his previous life, and his hometown Shandong is very far away from the battlefield.

"Will the conflict between China and Vietnam affect our crew's filming?" Wang Xiaohu was silent for a long time and asked, after all, the Qin army formation in "Mythology" was played by more than 800 PLA soldiers.

Zhao Gang smiled and said: "No, we have only more than 200,000 soldiers in total, and there are many in the country normally, why don't you draw a thousand eight people for you?" ”

Wang Xiaohu laughed when he heard this: "Don't get me some new soldiers, did you get the 200 cavalry you asked for last time?" ”

"That's it, it's done!" Zhao Gang nodded hurriedly and said: "What Mr. Wang ordered, how dare the little ones not do it immediately, don't worry, they are all old cavalrymen, and they are about to become callouses on their buttocks in the Inner Mongolia cavalry camp, and they are all clamoring to go to the front line." ”

"That's good!" Wang Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief, you must know that there are not many scenes of cavalry in "Mythology", but they are also very important, and the two war scenes need to reflect the fierceness of the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty. Who let him be forced by Zhao Yazhi to study the Qin and Han cultures in the past six months, and learned from those materials that the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty made a fortune raising horses, and the cavalry of horse breeding professionals was not strong, how could they repel the Xiongnu army?

After tossing and turning on the train for more than three days, the group finally arrived in Yanjing.

The third time he came to Yanjing, Wang Xiaohu was in a very good mood, at least this time there were many people who greeted him at the train station, and when he and Zhao Yazhi got off the train hand in hand, there were bursts of warm applause below.

"Uncle Wang, welcome!" Two little girls ran over from the crowd, holding two garlands in their hands, and brought them to Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi respectively.

"Yo, I've grown so tall after three years, how are your family?" Wang Xiaohu patted the head of one of the girls and asked.

These two girls Wang Xiaohu met, that is, the first time he returned to Hong Kong, the two girls who gave him a wreath when passing through Tangshan, Wang Xiaohu recognized them from hearing the rich Tangshan accent of their Uncle Wang.

"It's all good, but everyone always misses you." The girl replied with a smile.

"Okay, after the movie is finished, how about my uncle and aunt go to Tangshan together?" Wang Xiaohu said in a good mood.

After all, there are only millions of Tangshan people who can regard themselves as relatives in this life, so subconsciously, Wang Xiaohu regards Tangshan as his second hometown.

"Yes, yes." The two little girls clapped their hands and were very happy.

"Mr. Wang, you're finally here." Minister Huang Zhen of the Ministry of Culture, Secretary Hua Junwu, and several other people came to greet Wang Xiaohu, as soon as they met, Huang Zhen shook his hand tightly and said: "We have been preparing for half a year, and we have been looking forward to it for half a year!" ”

"Hey, I didn't expect to encounter so many difficulties in the shooting, making the leaders wait for a long time, shouldn't, shouldn't." Wang Xiaohu said polite words, in fact, he did this to leave enough time for the country, otherwise if the country is not ready, it will be difficult to cooperate, and it will be troublesome, if it affects the quality of shooting, it will be a big loss!

Representatives of the other three film studios also shook hands with Wang Xiaohu, and throughout the reception, Wang Xiaohu always kept a smile, and Zhao Yazhi also smiled, showing her noble temperament as Wang Xiaohu's wife. It can be said that the more on such a large-scale occasion, Zhao Yazhi behaved more and more calmly.

Outsiders are amazed by Zhao Yazhi's beauty and temperament in their eyes, but they don't know that this beautiful woman from Hong Kong gets along with celebrities all year round, and even attended Queen Elizabeth II's dinner with her husband half a year ago, what is such a scene?

Zhao Yazhi is both a drama addict and a travel freak, and she has never forgotten her dream of traveling the world when she was in middle school. So this time, taking the opportunity to come to Yanjing, she, Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao, under the leadership of Wang Xiaohu, took a look around the major places of interest in the capital, and even went to Quanjude to taste authentic roast duck and bought a lot of souvenirs in Wangfujing.

After Zhao Yazhi's three daughters had enough, Wang Xiaohu held a two-day meeting at the Ministry of Culture, and at the end of July, after the second group of people arrived in Yanjing, they went to Xi'an, Shaanxi

At the entrance of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the crew of "Mythology" simply held a start-up ceremony, after all, this is in China, not as superstitious as Hong Kong, so the start-up ceremony is only a dozen firecrackers, Minister Huang Zhen of the Ministry of Culture, Professor Yuan of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Research Institute, Wang Xiaohu and other directors made a short speech, and announced the official start-up.

The first shot to be shot at the start-up was only a few short sentences in the script, five or six small shots.

In 1974, in order to fight drought, the villagers of Yang Village, Tong County, Shaanxi Province, in order to fight drought, dug a well by the persimmon forest in the south of the village, and dug to a depth of more than 5 meters.

It happened that a cadre came to check the progress of drilling wells, and when he saw this scene, he hurriedly reported the news to the county cultural center. The news was reported layer by layer, which attracted great attention from the domestic geological exploration and archaeological departments, so the national archaeological community gathered in Shaanxi to prepare to unveil the mystery of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.

The set was in a village not far from the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, and I found a random piece of wood, paid more than a dozen local villagers to dig a well here, and invited the village cadre who discovered the Terracotta Warriors and Horses to re-enact the situation when the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were discovered.

It is said that this scene should be very simple to film, but these villagers and the village cadre can't find the east, west, north and south as soon as they face the camera, and they can't pass after shooting more than a dozen stunned, which makes Wang Xiaohu anxious, squatting behind the camera with a black face, and his brows are squeezed into a Sichuan character.

"You say, why didn't you think that these ordinary people lost their instincts in front of the camera?" Wang Xiaohu depressedly got down from the camera lift, thought about it for a long time, let the anger in his heart disappear, and then ran to talk to those extras.

(To be continued)