In "Mythology", Wang Xiaohu showed the world the magnificent and lethal military array of the Qin Dynasty, among which the bow and crossbow array with black pressure is the most memorable. 【Reading.com】

As "Mulan", which is also an epic war theme, it is even more difficult for Wang Xiaohu to surpass the war scenes of "Myth", but he has watched many ancient war dramas in his previous life, and he will not be afraid of innovative work.

How to innovate?

The first thing Wang Xiaohu thought of was horse war, during the Qin Dynasty, horse war could not be played because of the problem of stirrups, and in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Wang Xiaohu planned to let Ma Zhan show his power in "Mulan". So when filming in Hong Kong, the horse battle became an important scene, but the previous ones were all small battles, telling how Hua Mulan was named a general with Li Tai through a small-scale battle.

The biggest battle in the comprehensive is placed at the end of the film, where Mendu bribed the generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty to set up a net to trap Mulan in the Grand Canyon, and a battle of trapped beasts is imminent.

Outside the canyon, hundreds of Rouran Tiger riders formed a long dragon and stood at the mouth of the Grand Canyon.

In the canyon, Hua Mulan led 20,000 Great Wei soldiers to form five phalanxes and waited.

"Hanwei, the first set of attacks begins, mounted shooting." Wang Xiaohu took the walkie-talkie and issued an order like Li Hanwei, who was in charge of the operation of the Rouran Tiger Cavalry, and then said to Yuan Heping: "Big eyes, let Zhao Gang prepare to locate the arrow." ”

The positioning arrow, to put it bluntly, is the range arrow, which reflects the farthest range of the Great Wei archers, as long as the Rouran tiger cavalry rushes through this positioning line formed by the bow and arrow, it is within the effective range of the Great Wei archers.

On the left side of the canyon, Li Hanwei commanded Rouran's cavalry to start slowly, and on the right side, Zhao Gang held a long sword and roared to locate the arrow, and saw the archers in the first three rows pulling their longbows diagonally 45 degrees upward.

"Put!" With Zhao Gang's order, the swishing arrows flew into the sky

The actors who served as archers in the Northern Wei Dynasty were all the PLA soldiers in "Mythology", and they were more experienced in the accuracy of archery posture, the angle of drawing the bow and the neatness of the strength, which saved Wang Xiaohu a lot of time.

As for how the positioning key will move in the formation of the two armies after it is shot, those are the next things to do, which is nothing more than dozens of PLA soldiers aiming at the positioning line outside the camera and launching together. (There is a fishing line, otherwise it can't be very accurate, about the fishing line is detailed in "Courage" Bruce Lee counterattacked Abdul-Jabbar with a basketball, and will not be repeated here.) ）

"Thousands of miles to the plane, Guan Shan is like flying. Shuoqi spreads gold analysis, and the cold light shines on the iron coat. The general died in a hundred battles"

After the first round of confrontations, the two sides injured each other, and Mulan raised her eyes, but saw corpses all over the ground.

"Machine No. 1, horizontal camera advancement, yes, give Qingxia's eyes a big close-up." Wang Xiaohu commanded the No. 1 camera with the walkie-talkie, and at the same time raised the director's microphone and said: "Qingxia, don't blink, it's good, this action of gritting your teeth is in place." Okay, it's over, Team 1 rests, Team 2 prepares, what about the prisoners of war? Hurry up and get on the field! ”

Stephen Chow, who had an arrow on his back, and other soldiers who were wounded in the first round of fighting, were tied with ropes by the Rouran people and strung into a line, and led into the middle of the field where the two armies were fighting.

"Get on your knees!" The soft soldier brutally kicked Stephen Chow, and Stephen Chow's head collided with the grass and splashed a puff of dust.

"The second machine gives a close-up of Xingzai's face, Xingzai, don't close your eyes"

Under the voice of Wang Xiaohu, Stephen Chow knelt on the ground, slowly raised his head, and the shouting and scolding of Rouran soldiers came from behind him.

"Where's your Flower General? Let him save you? ”

"The generals of Great Wei have abandoned you General Hua! You have also been abandoned by General Hua! ”

Listening to the shouting and scolding of the Rouran soldiers, Stephen Chow's face was sad and indignant, he gritted his teeth and held his head high, like a martyr who wanted to die heroically.

As if infected by him, the Great Wei prisoners of war around them also raised their heads and looked into the distance

Five hours later, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the crew rode horses, rode cars, and returned to the yurt group.

"Grandma's, this scene is really hard to film!"

In the car, Wang Xiaohu was covered with a thick quilt, only his brain was exposed, and he took two sips of the second pot head from time to time, wiped his mouth and patted Stephen Chow and said: "Xingzai, today's performance is very expressive, and it almost made me cry." ”

Stephen Chow grinned and smirked, being able to get the master's approval is no less than eating two jars of honey for Xingzai, don't look at his not many scenes in "Mulan": the scene of finding Yu Pei in the river, plus the scene on the battlefield today, made Stephen Chow's acting skills a great breakthrough.

In Wang Xiaohu's words, even if it is a small supporting role or a small person, as long as you play it with your heart, you can win the audience's recognition.

Take today's scene as an example, Stephen Chow and the prisoners of war knelt in the formation of the two armies, from the beginning of the dejection, when they heard Lin Qingxia take the lead in singing the "Great Wei Military Song" with their heads held high and looking at death as home, as the singing voice became louder and louder, their kneeling bodies stood upright, the "military song" was loud, neat, and magnificent, so that the Rouran people were afraid, and Men Du ordered the killing of the prisoners of war, and in the military song, one by one the Great Wei prisoners of war fell.

This scene, how sad and sad it is, how sensational and sensational it is, especially Stephen Chow's starring is so expressive, not only Wang Xiaohu, but also hundreds of people in the crew are crying, not to mention Mulan in the play, Lin Qingxia bit her lips and bled blood, the pain is like a cat's paw scratching people's hearts, which is particularly heart-wrenching.

"The Great Wei Army Song" is not so much an elegy for the Great Wei Dynasty, this song is not only sung to the border soldiers who stained the territory with blood thousands of years ago, but also to sing modern people.

Since the military song was taken to rehearsal by Zhao Gang, these guys have never stopped, and they have to pull out and sing two voices every night when camping. There is life and death, what is the regret of a strong man? Protect our land, raise our country's prestige, what is the joy of life, and what is the regret of death? ”

Zhao Gang in the car didn't seem to have come out of the scene just now, and when he heard the soldiers outside the car singing loudly, he also shouted loudly: "Hu Feng in the north, smoke in the south, think of my wife and children, look at my homeland, the road is blocked, and the road is long and far." ”

Sunset, savannah.

There are horses, there are carts, there are songs.

The song echoed in the canyon for a long time, as if singing the sublime of the entangled anger and grief in all the border poems of China.

Wang Xiaohu and the Hong Kong people in the crew don't have much feeling, but Zhao Gang, who is a soldier, feels the same way, this song is different from the songs such as "The Man Who Was a Soldier" and "Soldier Shooting" taught to them by Wang Xiaohu before, because the filming of "Mulan" reminded them of their comrades-in-arms who defended their homes and countries on the border with Vietnam, and they sang it didn't matter before, but in the shooting scene this afternoon, under the superb acting skills of Stephen Chow, Lin Qingxia and other actors, the men who bled without tears cried a lot.

Zhao Gang only now understands that Wang Xiaohu said that "Mulan" is actually an epic film with a little sadness, where is the sadness? At the end of the film, using a song to make people cry, and resting in such a plot, doesn't it show that a cruel war is going to be staged?

When camping at night, 30 cows, sheep, etc. were carried out in the room, and barbecued on the bonfire, and the local Inner Mongolian people sang and danced and sang a toast song: "The gold and silver cups are filled with wine, and the hands are raised above the head; Fried rice, milk tea, hand-grilled meat, please eat enough. "The atmosphere was extraordinarily lively.

Wang Xiaohu, Lin Qingxia, Weng Meiling, Stephen Chow, Zhao Gang and others sat around the bonfire, eating fragrant roast lamb legs, drinking sour and spicy mare's milk wine, and enjoying the exotic customs happily.

Wang Xiaohu took a sip of mare's milk wine, the peculiar taste made him grin, and he quickly stuffed in a mouthful of lamb shank, which made him get used to it.

"Lao Zhao, "Mulan" will be finished tomorrow, have you picked up the actors of "Shooting the Condor" in place?"

"You don't need to tell me about this, the colleague in charge of picking up the station has long since passed." After Zhao Gang finished speaking, he suddenly became a little sad: "Lao Wang, every time we finish filming, we break up, these brothers always feel empty." ”

"Then you guys have to change jobs, come to our Concord, and we will see each other every day in the future."

Wang Xiaohu said casually, he didn't expect that sixteen years later, this sentence would become a reality, and Zhao Gang and this group of PLA soldiers who had cooperated with Wang Xiaohu arrived in Hong Kong in another capacity.

Thinking that the crew would be finished tomorrow, everyone's mood was not very good, and after the bonfire dinner, everyone returned to their yurts to rest.

Wang Xiaohu sat on the bed, constantly looking through the director's shooting plan, frowning and trying to find out if there were any missing shots from above, after all, everyone finally came to the mainland to shoot and shoot, if there are a few places that fall, it will be too troublesome to go back and organize the actors, and the effect of the reshooting is different from the one shot in one breath now, and it is easy to have a goof.

The flames crackled in the brazier, Wang Xiaohu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there was no omission, got up to get hot water to wash his feet and prepare for sleep, and just walked to the door of the yurt with a basin, he saw a person lift the curtain of the yurt and walk in with a basin of hot water in his hand.

"Ah Hu, I saw that you haven't gone to fetch hot water yet, so I called for you without permission, you won't be angry, right?" But it was Lin Qingxia, her little face was red from the cold, and she stood at the door timidly.

"Hehe, how could I be angry." Wang Xiaohu took the basin of hot water, beckoned Lin Qingxia to sit down, took off his shoes and put his feet in the hot water, and there was a burst of comfortable heat from the surface of his feet, which made him moan twice, and then he raised his head and said with a smile: "Qingxia, thank you." ”

Lin Qingxia held her chin and looked at Wang Xiaohu intently, and said quietly after a long time: "Ah Hu, I will return to the mainland with the crew after the completion tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Wang Xiaohu lowered his head and looked at the feet in the basin, "Go back and help me tell Ah Zhi that I miss her very much." ”

Lin Qingxia trembled when she heard this, and her heart was lost.

(To be continued)