The film is already ready to be filmed, and the scenes in Hong Kong are relatively simple. Jack Cheng's name in the movie is still called Chen Jiaju, which can seduce infinite nostalgic feelings. What is surprising is that they actually found Maggie, who had just starred in "Hero" and won the Cannes actress with "Clean"? Zhang came over to make a cameo appearance as Chen Jiaju's wife, and also found Liang Yingdi to make a cameo appearance as Zhang Maggie's husband after remarriage. Shen Zhenghui could only sigh that Xiang, Chen, and eldest brother were really still well-connected. However, Chen Jiaju's wife finally divorced him and followed a rich man, which is based on the setting of "Police Story", which makes people feel a little ironic. Zhang and Liang were already spreading scandals, and now they appear in the eldest brother's new film at the same time to play husband and wife, which is full of topicality, which shows that in order to hype this movie with an investment of 200 million Hong Kong dollars, Xiang and Chen have done everything.

However, Maggie Cheung, who arrived on the set early in the morning, was very silent on the set and was not very social. Even though Jack teased her with a hippie smile, her expression was still faint, but when she started acting, the vase that had been tempered for many years finally showed her powerful acting skills, compared to the eldest brother's lines and body posture, which were a little exaggerated and out of shape. Because of "Hurricane Rescue" Zhuyu in front, Shen Zhenghui also requires him to be restrained with his eldest brother, and strives to use his eyes and micro-expressions to express the depression of a middle-aged failed man. It's not that this is impossible for the eldest brother, it's just that he has always been used to his way of acting, and he is very unaccustomed to changing.

At the beginning of a short period, because of Shen Zhenghui's request, NG I don't know how many times, and the newcomers on the scene were too scared to speak. The eldest brother, as a leading figure in Hong Kong films, was actually tossed by the director in front of the juniors, and he himself felt that he had no face. But based on work ethic, you haven't lost your temper on the spot yet, which is already difficult. But during the break, the guy's expression indicated that he was brewing and looking for an opportunity to get angry.

It's not good. Although Shen Zhenghui is a big name, when the project starts running, if it is messed up, it will not only be a loss for others, but also a loss for others, and the Chinese-speaking circle will not know how to create their own rumors in the future!

So Shen Zhenghui suspended the shooting. Summoned the other two producers.

Mr. Xiang is an insider, he won't say how good Jack Cheng's performance is, and he doesn't think Shen Zhenghui has done too much. For those who have won $400 million at the box office, of course, he can shoot as much as he wants, otherwise Mr. Xiang will directly find Wang Jing to shoot. Yang Shoucheng is not a professional in this business, so he also asked tentatively, "I think Jack's performance is okay, don't be so nervous, right?" ”

Jack Cheng came to the meeting with a strong anger, and he was stunned by the continuous NG anger at this moment. just waited, as long as Shen Zhenghui dared to accuse himself, he would immediately turn his face. Yang Shoucheng had already seen that this guy's love was wrong, so when he came to the meeting, he specially instructed his subordinates to take his sister-in-law over and reduce the fire when necessary.

"I know I'm definitely a little nitpicky," Shen Zhenghui lowered his posture first, "But this film, I am ashamed to say now that it is a film of big brother's transformation, so it is completely different from the previous way of acting." He paid attention to Jack Cheng's expression, and found that his expression softened a little when he said this. And this film is also important to me, in a sense. It is the first Chinese-language commercial film I have filmed, and I am under a lot of pressure to cooperate with my eldest brother, and I am a little more demanding, I hope my eldest brother will not mind. ”

Since this is the case, the eldest brother will be unhappy no longer. In front of other people, he still showed enough mind, especially the funders present, and he himself invested money in this movie, and when he calmed down, he also knew that if he had a stiff fight with the director, it would be bad for the whole film, so he put on a more and more generous attitude.

"I'm worried, too." He said, "It's like my style that has been formed over the years, and suddenly it changes, will people not recognize it?" "Using this statement to find himself under the stairs, the eldest brother doesn't want to toss, he is already fifty years old, and he has passed the age when he is young and vigorous, racking his brains and studying hard for his grades.

"But the key now is that not only the subject matter and technology of the film have reached the moment of innovation and change, but also the way of acting." Shen Zhenghui said, "I don't boast about how I am, but as an occupational disease, every time I see Hong Kong's film themes and techniques always resting on my laurels, I feel extremely uncomfortable." He made an embarrassed expression, and everyone else present was a little stunned.

Yang Shoucheng naturally regarded this kind of person as a neuropath, but he also understood that it was impossible to succeed without a certain stubborn character, so he guessed that Shen Zhenghui probably achieved success in his directing career because of this stubborn character. On the other hand, Mr. Xiang thought a little more, and said in his heart that this guy's good impression of Hong Kong was not in vain. How many films he has sold to Japan over the years, most of them have been swallowed by the spring, so he is a little skeptical of what Shen Zhenghui said.

Jack Cheng was different from these two capitalists, and after hearing these words, he had to make a gesture. Since Shen Zhenghui sang a high-profile and said that he was planning for Hong Kong movies, he couldn't act as if I cared about Hong Kong movies, so he also made a sad look, "Yes, how brilliant Hong Kong was as the Hollywood of the East back then, since I went to Hollywood, it has become more and more unlikely." Now that I'm back in Hong Kong, I think that as a member of the local community, I still have a responsibility for the development of Hong Kong films......"

The two people next to him were shocked, but they both made an expression of happy approval, and Shen Zhenghui also understood that it was not only Chinese mainland that would have disgusting official articles.

As soon as this was paved, the atmosphere was better, and Shen Zhenghui and Jack Cheng discussed the way of acting. He used the performance method of Liansennim in "Hurricane Rescue" as a teaching material to talk about the performance requirements. In fact, it is said that you have to pretend to be lightly, as an elite of the police, although you are down, you still have to be proud of the role with unique skills, not really like a down-and-out dick. When dealing with others, you should feel that the other party is the head of the person from the bottom of your bones. After some heart-to-heart exchanges, Jack Cheng said that he already understood. At this time, the sister-in-law rushed in.

Seeing his wife coming, the eldest brother subconsciously showed his macho side, and said in a complaining tone, "Why are you here." ”

"Ahh I invited my sister-in-law to come. Yang Shoucheng hurriedly said, "This shooting is not going well, please ask my sister-in-law to come over and cheer us up." ”

The eldest brother glared at Yang Shoucheng fiercely, not to express dissatisfaction, but to say that the other party had too many things. The sister-in-law hurried over, just because she was afraid that her husband would lose his temper. Seeing that there was nothing to do at the scene, I was relieved first, but after listening to my eldest brother's words, I was a little annoyed for a while.

"Okay, I'm leaving."

"What are you going to do! Just eat together. Yang Shoucheng hurriedly said, "Today, Jack has been NG more than thirty times, and my sister-in-law will comfort and comfort him later." ”

It's not annoying to say this kind of thing in a ridiculous tone, and the eldest brother has already left more than 30 NG things behind him just now, and he saw that his wife was angry. He also smiled, "Yes, yes, I the director." You apologize to the director for me and toast me to a glass of wine. ”

The atmosphere was lively, and the sister-in-law came over to greet Shen Zhenghui, who was very respectful and polite. This made the sister-in-law feel good, this director doesn't mess around with his eldest brother very much, and she has heard about it. Naturally, he is also very polite in his speech. "Trouble the director," she said. "Jack is like a big kid, he doesn't grow up."

"Sister-in-law is too polite." Shen Zhenghui replied.

The lunch meal is a high-end package that has been ordered, everyone eats on the set, and some of the other crew members and small stars with shooting tasks also eat these, although it is a high-end package, to put it bluntly, it is a box lunch. But the producers all got together for a boxed lunch. The little stars below naturally won't blow up the thorns and ask for any special treatment. Especially the twins, who were also scolded, were so well-behaved on the scene that they were like obedient middle and high school girls, and they didn't dare to say a word.

Liang Yingdi also arrived in the afternoon, because it was a cameo, so it was not good to waste too much time in a one- or two-minute scene. This is also the reason why Shen Zhenghui has to deal with the eldest brother at noon. Liang Yingdi's expression was still a little reluctant when he appeared on the set, he was very familiar with Maggie Cheung, a little indifferent to others, and was mostly polite to Shen Zhenghui. His girlfriend came with him, and when facing Zhang Maggie, she was obviously relieved and malicious, but she pretended to be familiar, and took the initiative to come up with her eldest brother to say hello, because her sister-in-law was also present in the afternoon, and there were many women, and the set was particularly lively.

Although Maggie Cheung and Liang Yingdi are cameos, they actually receive money, and there are a lot of them, they can come over to play such a role that does not appear much, and it is such a setting, it is difficult to say that the two of them have no knots. However, when the camera was pointed at them, the two of them still showed considerable acting skills. Before filming, Shen Zhenghui had to remind his eldest brother to minimize his body movements and keep his body tense like a police officer at any time.

The result is still not very good, Liang Yingdi's small movements and eyes are too seductive, and he has to be quite restrained but very camera-stealing to play the rich man's table. complements Maggie Zhang's skillfulness, but in comparison, Jack's painting style is completely wrong.

Shen Zhenghui saw the effect behind the monitor, and immediately sighed, Assam milk tea suddenly looked very clumsy and childish, and he was not worthy of the identity of the daughter of the actor and actress at all.

My day, Shen Zhenghui scolded angrily in his heart, who came up with this bad trick in the first place? It literally killed me.

However, the tacit performance of Liang Yingdi and Zhang Yinghou also stimulated Jack Cheng, and he also gloomy after watching the effect of the shooting, because his wife was present, and it was not easy to get angry. So Shen Zhenghui took this opportunity to scold Assam milk tea, and the little girl was completely stunned. Jack Cheng also saw that Shen Zhenghui was giving him the stairs, but his face was even more stinky.

There was no way, Shen Zhenghui had to let Asa perform exaggeratedly, let her be as lively as possible in front of her stepfather and mother, and then try to be afraid and strict in front of her father, she should have been very indifferent to her father, but this is too demanding for acting, Shen Zhenghui had to try to get close to the little girl's daily mood. After all, it's a bit dizzy to play with the actor and actress.

Jack Cheng finally restrained his body posture, Shen Zhenghui asked him to show the posture of a soldier, and straightened his waist anytime and anywhere, especially when meeting with his ex-wife and juniors, I don't know what kind of mentality he has in the face of the actor and actress, but the sourness he expressed later is quite in line with the mood of the people in the play.

In order to finish filming the scenes of the actor and actress as soon as possible, the crew worked overtime until late at night, and the eldest brother filmed without regrets. The sister-in-law was also very quiet at the scene. So the rest of the crew was quiet, and when the last scene was filmed and the work was over, there was a burst of jubilation on the scene.

The actor and the actress naturally said goodbye, and the actor's girlfriend had a very stinky face in the invisible corner, and she looked like she was under the lights. The eldest brother watched the clip and excitedly asked everyone to have a supper. I was persuaded. Because there will be filming early tomorrow morning, many people will have to rush back to sleep. So the eldest brother also went back with his sister-in-law. Mr. Xiang and Yang Shoucheng accompanied Shen Zhenghui to arrange the affairs of the crew before leaving, and they didn't have to come over tomorrow. However, after a day of shooting, these two people were tired and had backaches, but they also had confidence in this film.

For example, Mrs. Xiang complained to her husband, "What is your identity, and you went to sit on the set in person, spent so much money to invite the director, and left the matter to him." ”

"You know what. With an investment of 200 million, our own family also has more than 80 million," Mr. Xiang said, "He is not from Hong Kong, can I not sit still?" Speaking of this, Mr. Xiang was in a better mood, "You weren't on the set today, and you didn't see the face of watching the sample film after the scene with Jack and Liang." It stinks. ”

Mrs. Xiang loves this kind of gossip the most, "Whatever." Really, tell me about it. ”

"The hardest part is today, and it will be much better after that." Mr. Xiang said, "I'm tired today, you can go and see for yourself later, anyway, I don't think Jack will be the kind of person who will be obedient if he only makes trouble once." It's annoying in the future. ”

There are more young people in this film, although the roles are not too heavy, because of the presence of the eldest brother and the prestige of the producer, the shooting scene is orderly, with some of the manpower brought by Shen Zhenghui from Japan. The crew's work is quite smooth.

Shen Zhenghui used Miyamoto as the assistant director, and Yongsheng and Yinghuang also sent assistant directors, whether it was as a coordinator or as a stealing teacher, anyway, Shen Zhenghui didn't care, he wished he didn't have to do anything himself, so he sat behind the monitor and watched the effect.

After the last kidnapping of Sauron, Shen Zhenghui's ability to compose and think about the camera in his mind surpassed that of a normal person, or a normal director. In the past, he also needed art design to help him make storyboards, but now with his eyes open, he can see the gap between the scene and his ideal shot. Because all the shots are already generated in the mind, the actual shooting is equivalent to repeating the same thing. Shen Zhenghui doesn't think that his skills are against the sky, such as Director Zhang, as a photographer, he has a very top grasp of color and composition, but he is always speechless when it comes to storytelling. The big bad movie "Three Guns" he shot is very amazing in the picture, reflecting his consistent level, but this story Shen Zhenghui feels that he is really insulting his identity, but this is also his consistent style.

Shen Zhenghui himself feels that he has grasped the pulse of the rotten domestic movies - the screenwriter is simply scum, but even if he recognizes this problem, the status quo cannot be changed at all. So sometimes laymen are often able to shine in this circle, because they have other accumulations, such as Director Xu in the future, who is full of sincerity in storytelling.

Shen Zhenghui makes movies according to his own ideas, and the first thing he values is the screenwriter, which is probably also influenced by countless online novels. He felt that he was telling a story, at least he wasn't fooling people. Now, relying on the ability to gain by accident, Shen Zhenghui can almost shoot the movie in his mind first, self-censor, and then recreate it in reality. Objectively speaking, such a movie can only be said to be a movie that conforms to Shen Zhenghui's ideas, although the script was not written by him, but the actors' performances are the limits of what he can understand and simulate, so when remaking in reality, Shen Zhenghui can't help but control it strictly according to his own memory. This shows that he has an excessive desire for control, which is not present in the previous film shooting process, at least Miyamoto suddenly felt it keenly, unlike relying heavily on deputies in the past, Shen Zhenghui is very thoughtful in this movie.

He watched the effect in the chair, but soon he couldn't sit still, and went into battle to demonstrate in person, and even made restrictions and requirements for his position and expression. Young actors have no right to speak, and the director can act whatever he says. The eldest brother was suffocated, Miyamoto felt that Shen Zhenghui's style of directing was suddenly very similar to Zhou Xingxing's way, and the eldest brother's senior brother was also so angry that he vomited blood in the cooperation with Zhou Xingxing. Fortunately, Shen Zhenghui is not particularly stubborn, at least on the surface, he still tries to save face for his eldest brother. Shen Zhenghui has very fast requirements for the rhythm, because he is just remaking the movie in his head, so the progress is actually very fast, and there is no situation where he is like Zhou Xingxing and explores while shooting. The Hong Kong scene was filmed in three days, and the filming procedures for going to the Philippines had already been completed. Xiang Jia has already chosen a partner there, and some Filipino actors will play villains, passers-by and soy sauce men in the movie.

Jack Cheng asked to finish filming by May 2014 because his new film, Around the World in 80 Days, was due to be released in early June, when he would go to the United States to promote it.

The filming time really left for Shen Zhenghui was only more than three months, but in fact, it didn't take that long at all, and the crew ended filming in the Philippines in April, and turned back to the mainland to shoot some of the scenes where Chen Jiaju communicated with the mainland police on behalf of the Hong Kong police, and then the whole movie was announced to be completed and entered the post-production process. Then there was a series of discussions about distribution and scheduling. (To be continued......)