The boot camp set did not occupy a very large area, a small river, a small single-plank bridge, a few mountain bags, a dozen marching tents, the main training ground was placed with knives, swords, halberds, shields, bows and arrows and other most common weapons on the battlefield, and of course, there were two stables with four or five horses borrowed from the racecourse. [Full text reading]

A week has passed, and the filming progress of the crew of "Mulan" is not very fast, only to complete the Mulan report, how to disguise herself more like a man with the help of her childhood companions, such as deliberately speaking roughly, making her voice as rough as possible when laughing, and waiting for everyone to fall asleep when taking a bath, and having to ask her companions to help keep guard, etc.

Such a rapid shooting schedule can be said to have created a precedent for Wang Xiaohu to direct the microphone, and the crew wondered why Brother Tiger was so slow and so delicate this time.

Especially sometimes when everyone has no problem with their performance, even Stephen Chow, who is the easiest to be "bold" in front of the camera, is commendable, Wang Xiaohu even asks to shoot a few more times, once or twice Everyone can get used to it, but if there are too many times, everyone will inevitably mumble in their hearts.

After putting the lunch box at 8 o'clock in the evening, the set was brightly lit, and more than a dozen dragon and tiger martial artists sat in front of the tent, looking at Stephen Chow, who was still struggling to find something in the river, and discussing.

"Brother Tiger, what's wrong? Today, the scene of losing the jade pendant has been filmed eight, why can't it be? ”

"That's right, you see Xingzi has been soaking in the river for 3 hours, and just now I saw Xingzi's calves and stomach soaked white."

"Hey, what a poor star."

"It seems that being Brother Tiger's apprentice is not an easy task."

"yes, yes."

Not far away, Wang Xiaohu sat behind the main camera, watching Stephen Chow's every move in the monitor, and he was now completely immersed in the creative inspiration.

The use of contradictions and conflicts to render a woman's inconvenience in the men's barracks is the most attractive part of "Mulan", just like Wang Xiaohu made Mulan strive to "change" into a man through those delicate pictures.

But if Mulan succeeds every time, does not take out some dangerous scenes, and does not make some plots that make the audience nervous and exciting, the plot of the film will seem too flat and too smooth, which is not what Wang Xiaohu wants.

After all, this is not the Disney version, there is no clown pet like Mushulong here, Wang Xiaohu has made great modifications on the basis of Zhao Wei's version, he did not let the battalion commander of the recruit battalion recognize the identity of Mulan, but let this sense of mystery continue to be maintained, just waiting for today's scene to explode into an ancient brain, so that the audience was shocked into a cold sweat.

The script is arranged like this: after the recruits reported, several recruits with distinct surnames (Lin Qingxia, Stephen Chow, Xiong Xinxin) were arranged in a marching tent, but Zhao Gang relied on his strong body, and he was the nephew of the battalion commander who often bullied the recruits.

During training, Zhao Gang fell a jade pendant from his waist, and Stephen Chow secretly kicked the jade pendant into the river when he saw this, but when he passed by the battalion commander's tent, he suddenly heard Zhao Gang complain to the battalion commander, saying that a recruit stole his jade pendant during training, and targeted Hua Mulan, who had a grudge against him, and the battalion commander said that he would go to the camp tent early tomorrow morning to get someone to ask.

After Stephen Chow heard the news, he jumped into the river to look for the jade pendant, but the jade pendant had already been washed away by the river to an unknown place, Stephen Chow regretted it very much, angry and anxious, he looked in the water for several hours and finally chose to give up.

He sat on the shore and thought about it for a long time, remembering that whenever he was bullied when he was a child, Sister Mulan would stand up to help, and every time there was something delicious, Sister Mulan would think about herself

According to the development of Wang Xiaohu's plot, early the next morning, the battalion commander took the deputy battalion commander Li Tai (Chow Yun-fat) and his nephew Sun Cheng (Zhao Gang) to the camp tent to arrest people, and asked everyone to take off their clothes and check them one by one, and the soldiers took off their clothes one by one, but Hua Mulan did not take them off.

Everyone's eyes were focused on her, and when they saw that her identity was about to come out, Fei Xiaolong (uh, that is, Stephen Chow, we can't Fei Xiaohu, right?) took the initiative to stand up and say that he stole it, because he had already made up his mind last night that even if he was beaten to death by the battalion commander, he couldn't let everyone know that Sister Mulan was his daughter

"Ah Hu, I've already photographed the tenth!" Zhao Yazhi came over and reminded her husband: "Xingzi has been soaking in the water for almost 5 hours, let him come up and rest." ”

At this time, I am afraid that only Zhao Yazhi is the most suitable person to stand up and persuade Wang Xiaohu on the entire set, Chow Yun-fat, Qin Pei, Zhao Gang and even Lin Qingxia dare not go up to persuade.

"Huh? Has it been 5 hours? Why I feel only for a moment. Wang Xiaohu looked at his watch through the light, isn't it, from 8 o'clock in the evening to now it is more than 1 o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Yazhi smiled bitterly and shook her head and said, "You have already made nine!" After speaking, he leaned over and whispered to his husband: "I have communicated with Qin Pei, Fa Zai, and Qingxia just now, and I think Xingzai's first few performances are good, why do you want him to remake so many more." ”

After touching his nose a little embarrassed, Wang Xiaohu locked his eyes on the monitor again, and found that Stephen Chow in the camera was frowning, vaguely thinking about something, as if he kept asking himself why he didn't pass this time.

"Hehe, it's okay, one more, I feel like Xingzi is about to find his senses." Wang Xiaohu smiled, patted his wife's little hand and said, "It's okay, Xingzi has practiced kung fu, and his body should be able to bear it." ”

Zhao Yazhi sighed helplessly when she saw this, turned around and made an expression of "I don't have a problem with him" to Lin Qingxia, Qin Pei, Chow Yun-fat and others, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at Stephen Chow who was soaking in the river, and finally locked on Wang Xiaohu's back.

"Hey! I don't know what Ah Hu is doing? Lin Qingxia said with a wry smile: "He said that he wanted to hone Xingzi's acting skills, and he wouldn't pass NG**, that would make people collapse." ”

Qin Pei also nodded: "I've been NG at most five times since I entered the industry, if Ah Hu asked me to shoot like this, I would definitely jump to my feet." ”

Only Chow Yun-fat squinted his eyes, looking at Wang Xiaohu's back and thinking a little, he felt that Wang Xiaohu would not do these things for no reason.

As the first batch of actors promoted by Wang Xiaohu, Chow Yun-fat's identity is completely different from others, he has eight heads and no brains, and he doesn't let Stephen Chow come up from the river, Brother Tiger should have a special meaning!

"Mulan, Scene 3, Article 18, Article 10"

"Attention departments, Xingzi is ready, acttion!"

"Why can't I find it?" Stephen Chow said while slapping the water, constantly looking for jade pendants in the waist-deep river, and from time to time he would stab a fierce man, but he found nothing, "Why, where did you run to the dead thing?"

"Cut, no, do it all over again!" Wang Xiaohu stared at the monitor, and without even thinking about it, he picked up the director's microphone and issued a veto order!

"Again!" Stephen Chow raised his hand and slapped himself, gritted his teeth and said to himself: "Xingzai, you have to fight for it, you can't mess with Master anymore!" ”

Not long after the re-action, Wang Xiaohu's devastating "cut!"

“cut！” This is the eleventh time

When Stephen Chow came out of the water, his whole body began to shiver, the weather in Hong Kong in October is not very cold, and it can even be said that it is very comfortable to soak in the water, but if you soak in the water for almost six hours, it is not comfortable, but a kind of torture.

As the heroine of this film, Lin Qingxia bit her lip and walked to Wang Xiaohu's side, and said in a complaining tone: "Ah Hu, Xingzi is your apprentice!" ”

"I know." Wang Xiaohu didn't even look at Lin Qingxia, his eyes were always on the monitor, and she continued to complain in her ears: "How did you become like this, you used to be very good to the artists of the crew, is it just that Xingzi made his own decision a few days ago, and you took revenge on him?" ”

"Qingxia." Zhao Yazhi also seemed to understand, she pulled Lin Qingxia aside and muttered a few words, the latter frowned and said in disbelief: "Really? ”

Zhao Yazhi smiled bitterly and sighed and said: "Yes, Ah Hu has a lot of hopes for Xingzai, and Xingzai's development trajectory is different from others."

"But I still have a feeling he did it on purpose." Lin Qingxia held her mouth and thought in pieces.

The two women whispered kung fu, Chow Yun-fat was called by Wang Xiaohu to his side, under the gaze of everyone, I didn't know what Wang Xiaohu said to him, he walked straight to the river, and said to Stephen Chow in the river in an almost mocking tone: "Xingzai, you wastewood, if this scene is filmed by Ah Huang's stupid man, it will be easy, you have wasted twelve!" ”

Stephen Chow's eyes widened, and his fist in the water clenched hard.

"Brother Tiger said, if you can't do it again, just change the actor!"

When Zhou Xingchi heard this, he immediately looked at the master in the distance, and saw that the master was also frowning, patting his forehead, thinking of the master's eyes that hated iron and steel a few days ago, he gritted his teeth and said loudly to Wang Xiaohu on the shore: "Master, come again!" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled slightly, and said in his heart: Xingzi finally brewed his emotions in place this time! Immediately picked up the director's microphone and said, "OK, attention, preparation, acttion!" ”

Stephen Chow heard this, returned to the place where he was buried, and invested his emotions for the thirteenth time.

After drilling out of the water again, Stephen Chow's face was full of anxiety, and he gasped and said, "Why can't you find it!" Then he punched the water and shouted in a voice bordering remorse and anger: "Why, where did you run to the dead thing?" When he dived under the water again and came up again, his voice had become very hoarse, and he read the lines in a pleading and anxious voice: "God, please let me find it, otherwise Sister Mulan's identity will be exposed!" ”

Very good, Stephen Chow did not make a mistake in terms of movements, expressions, or dialogues this time, Wang Xiaohu was very satisfied with it, this is the kind of effect he wanted, this kid finally performed perfectly.

Seeing that Stephen Chow did not act according to the requirements of the script, and added a shot of slapping the water with both hands on his own, showing anxiety and even being driven crazy, Wang Xiaohu surprisingly did not shout "cut".

“ok！ It's over! Seeing this, Wang Xiaohu picked up the director's microphone and shouted loudly, and everyone in the crew finally breathed a sigh of relief, they thought that Wang Xiaohu still had to say "one more time"!

After shouting "OK", Wang Xiaohu stood up from the monitor, ran to the shore in three steps and two steps, and did not take off his clothes, jumped into the river like this, grabbed Stephen Chow, who was about to collapse, and finally went ashore with the help of Chow Yun-fat and other staff.

"Fa Zai, ginger soup, Zhang Yuan, down jacket." Wang Xiaohu patted Stephen Chow's face and said, "Xingzai, how do you feel?" ”

"Master, have I passed?" Stephen Chow is very tired now, and even saying this sentence feels like he has to drain all his strength.

"It's over, Xingzai, you performed so well just now, even I admire it to death!" Chow Yun-fat said with a smile while pouring ginger soup on Stephen Chow.

"Nonsense, if I were so powerful, I wouldn't have wasted so much of Master's film." Stephen Chow drank two sips of ginger soup and changed into a down jacket, his whole body warmed up a lot, and his strength gradually recovered.

"Fa Tsai didn't talk nonsense, your performance is really expressive, to be precise, it is very plump." Wang Xiaohu took a towel to wipe the water stains on his beloved disciple's head and said: "After drinking ginger soup, you go to the hospital for a check-up, get some medicine to prevent colds and colds, and recuperate at home for a few days." ”

"Master, you're not going to kick me out, are you?" Stephen Chow immediately became anxious when he heard this.

"Hahahaha~" Everyone laughed, and Stephen Chow said with an embarrassed face: "Did I say something wrong, what are you all laughing at?" Hey, I'm serious! ”

Chow Yun laughed very happily, he was the first person among all the people present who understood Wang Xiaohu's good intentions, and now, he only has envy of Stephen Chow, you must know that even when he was filming Li Zhao in "Ip Man", Wang Xiaohu gradually realized Li Zhao's character surname by constantly talking to himself and figuring out himself.

As for Stephen Chow, Wang Xiaohu never played with him, but let Stephen Chow understand it himself, and through more than a dozen NGs, he spontaneously and instinctively expressed Fei Xiaolong's emotions, actions, and expressions at that time.

This peculiar way of teaching apprenticeship is the first time that Wang Xiaohu has used the microphone to direct, and it is used on Stephen Chow alone, so it's no wonder that Fa Ge is not envious!

Qin Pei didn't understand until now, rolled his eyes and said: What kind of master brings out what kind of apprentice, Xingzi only plays a supporting role in the film, Wang Xiaohu uses so much effort to cultivate him, this kid's future development is definitely unlimited

The crew of "Mulan" continued to shoot.

In order to cover Mulan's identity, Fei Xiaolong took the initiative to stand up and admit that the jade pendant was stolen by himself, and was escorted into the stable by the battalion commander and Sun Cheng to cut off his arm the next day.

Hua Mulan would definitely not watch her childhood companion be cut off by the battalion commander, and decided to let Fei Xiaolong go privately, but Fei Xiaolong resolutely refused to agree, because in this case, Hua Mulan was dealt with by military law, and when the two argued, the Rouran army attacked, Hua Mulan opened the rope on Fei Xiaolong's body, told him to pay attention to safety, and then flew on the horse to fight with weapons.

This is the scene to be filmed today, before the filming started, Wang Xiaohu said to Lin Qingxia: "Do you want a stand-in?" ”

Lin Qingxia shook her head with a smile and said, "Since I borrowed the script, I have practiced in the racecourse for two months, and I don't need a stand-in. ”

"What about the action? Do you remember all the designs I designed? Wang Xiaohu is still not at ease, after all, Lin Qingxia is a delicate beauty, if there is a tragedy of falling off the horse and being injured, the supporters of Qingxia outside will not bury themselves alive to vent their hatred.

Lin Qingxia made a grimace at Wang Xiaohu, took the sycophant from the staff, got on the horse with a very beautiful action movie, and then pulled out the long sword from her waist, slashed twice on the left and stabbed twice on the right, feeling like a big hero, "How about it?" Now rest assured, right? ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled when he saw this, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, rest assured!" However, he still told the trainer to feed three carrots and two big apples to the black horses that Lin Qingxia was riding.

Letting the horse eat fruit can keep the horse in good condition, and there will be no frightened accidents, these are the precious experiences accumulated during the filming of "Mythology".

After all the departments were ready, Wang Xiaohu asked everyone to rehearse twice, until it was determined that all the dragon and tiger martial artists had no deviation in their movements, and Lin Qingxia could ride a horse and slash smoothly, so he announced the start of the machine with confidence.

"The pyrotechnician is in place."

"The Dragon and Tiger Martial Master is in place."

"The live recording team is in place."

"The camera team is in place!"

The news of the major groups in place kept coming from the walkie-talkie, Wang Xiaohu nodded, picked up the director's microphone, and shouted with a big hand: "Acttion!" ”

The quiet set just now was like a fryer, the soldiers who were standing in a good position slashed each other with weapons, Xiong Xinxin roared, threw away the shield in his hand and scuffled with the Rouran soldiers, Zhao Gang watched his uncle being cut (it's a cut, not a hack, pay attention!) After screaming and rushing over, Chow Yun-fat, as the deputy battalion commander, was not afraid of danger and kept mobilizing the soldiers on the scene to defend.

This is the first time that the recruit camp has encountered a surprise attack by Rouran soldiers in the past month, and the recruits have not yet realized the cruelty of the entire battlefield, so the battle situation is one-sided, and at the moment of embarrassment, Lin Qingxia at least kills the general, with her soft drink, the long sword in her hand slashes left and right, and is extraordinarily brave, until she rushes up the mountain, cuts off the banner of Rouran with a sword, and kills General Rouran in Chow Yun-fat's continuous urging, and the blood on her face sprays onto Lin Qingxia's handsome and heroic face

Wang Xiaohu shouted: "Cut, it's over, prepare for the next one!" ”

(To be continued)