Chapter 13: Playing with the Two Heavenly Kings (Part 2)
Cutting pigs' heads, worshipping Guan Gong, taking pictures, lion dances, everything that can be seen at the opening ceremony of Xiangjiang Shao Yingying has seen it, and it can be regarded as seeing the world. It's just that he doesn't understand a little bit, why didn't this White Dragon King know himself at the beginning, but when he turned his head, he knew that he was Shao Yingying? Didn't you see it clearly?
Later, when the White Dragon King was picked up by the car, he figured out the matter in front of him according to his own understanding through the 'blackening psychology', the White Dragon King has a high enough position in the hearts of Xiangjiang artists, but few mainland artists really know him, if he shows his face in the mainland media, then there may be two more mainland artists among his believers. In this way, in this circle of the two sides of the strait and the three places, his prestige will be unparalleled for a while.
When Shao Yingying was speculating about others, Zhang Wan, who had been observing outside for a long time, quietly returned to Shao Yingying's side, and his task was to record all the dynamics of the Xiangjiang crew at all times: "Xiao Shao, I found something very interesting. β
Shao Yingying has just finished taking a photo with Liang Chaowei holding a knife to cut suckling pig, and he hasn't taken a family photo with the crew of "Infernal Affairs" in front of the statue of Guan Gong: "What's wrong?" β
"I found out that the crew of "Infernal Affairs" paid money as soon as it started filming."
Shao Yingying was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you want to know what's going on?" β
"How can I figure it out, I asked your Cantonese translator to inquire."
At this time, Liang Chaowei walked over with a shy smile on his face and said, "I'll explain it to you." β
Liang Chaowei's Mandarin is not bad, at least Shao Yingying doesn't sound difficult. However, Shao Yingying understands that Liang Chaowei, a person who is not good at communication, is willing to take the initiative to come over and say something, which may be related to Zhou Qinnan's friendly attitude towards him.
"That's what happened. Well, the Hong Kong Film Market has been sluggish at the box office due to shoddy production. Well, the reasons for the downturn have also been counted. Some people say it's the financial crisis, some people say it's the group of people who make movies who develop inertia and forget about innovation when the box office is good. Liang Chaowei looked at Shao Yingying and smiled faintly, it seemed that he didn't agree with either statement: "No one can do anything about the financial crisis, but inertia can be solved." As a result, some people paid money in their crew, but the money was not much, starting from the day the film was started, 100 Hong Kong dollars per person per day, if these field workers did not make mistakes. didn't delay the crew for any time because of them, so the hundred yuan was considered the bonus of the day; Otherwise, one person makes a mistake, and everyone's winnings are fully recovered. β
"That's a real idea." Shao Yingying continued: "Once the field workers and the temporary performance mix a few crews, they will become slippery, if they slip, the crew will waste no more time." β
Liang Chaowei patted him on the shoulder and said: "That's the truth, so now all the crews will send money before starting the film, and the first thing they do every morning is to give out food." After taking the money, everyone was full of enthusiasm and cautious, and no one wanted to be the sinner of the entire crew. As long as they don't make mistakes, the time saved for the crew is more than 100 Hong Kong dollars per person. β
"Shao Sheng. Right? β
Shao Yingying didn't have the nervousness to face Huang Qiusheng this time, so he stretched out his hand first and said, "Thank you, I really don't know if you don't say it." β
When two people hold hands together. Shao Yingying looked at Liang Chaowei, and the Liang Chaowei in his eyes was not the top superstar who was rumored to be a god. It's just a man who only talks to the point and doesn't like to chat much.
"Let's go. Go take pictures. "No, Liang Chaowei didn't seem to know how to talk at all after explaining, so in order to avoid embarrassment, he simply pulled Shao Yingying to take pictures.
Shao Yingying once again found that his poor mouth and relationship were useless, and when he was led by Liang Chaowei to the statue of Guan Gong and stood with everyone to let the media take pictures, he suddenly had a feeling that he was an outsider.
It's not that the crew of "Infernal Affairs" is not unruly and joking, but they all speak Cantonese, which makes Shao Yingying unable to interject at all; Even Shao Yingying's best work can't reach out, whenever he wants to help the crew with something, he can always see Liu Dehua's figure.
Liu Dehua is the same as the media said, no matter whether there are reporters on the scene or not, he will help the field workers carry the track, will help the photographer resist the tripod, and still have time to memorize the lines when the crew is not busy, even if a fan rushes through the security cordon, he just smiles and agrees to all the fans' requests, and then does what to do.
Shao Yingying also found that the pace of the Xiangjiang crew is very fast, so fast that everyone is trotting all the way to do something.
Let's talk about the first scene of the crew, after the whole crew completed the start-up ceremony, the security guards began to close the street with the cooperation of the police, and the pedestrians who played the role of the temporary actor poured into the streets. This scene is very simple, just a few words, Liang Chaowei and Du Wenze basically did not have any stagnation when they played this scene, when, dang, when a few lines were finished, Liu Weiqiang just shouted on the side: "OK!" β
The point is that during this period, Mai Zhaohui should talk about drama in places where the camera can't shoot, and Xiao Yaxuan will appear next, and he has already prepared everything before the filming of this scene is over. As soon as the scene ended, the whole crew rushed up, and the machines, equipment and other utensils basically moved to another scene on the same street in the blink of an eye, which was like a small square, and the next scene was Xiao Yaxuan and Liang Chaowei meeting by chance on the street.
Fast, Shao Yingying found that the people of the Xiangjiang crew worked fast, although they were still teasing the poor, but the work in their hands never stopped because they spoke. Even Zeng Zhiwei, who is the poorest on the scene, and Huang Qiusheng have been chatting together for a long time, but when Huang Qiusheng entered the roof of the hotel to meet Liang Chaowei before he died, and entered the hotel downstairs, people didn't have to adjust their emotions.
Shao Yingying was dazzled and filmed in three scenes, less than an hour!
Of course, no one is a god, and it is impossible not to make mistakes in such a fast-paced situation, when filming the scene of Liang Chaowei sending the funeral in the dark, the photo on the roof of the funeral car happened to fall off the camera because it was not hung firmly.
As a result, the entire crew collectively scolded, and what 'dead on the street', 'dead stupidity' and 'stupid line' suddenly resounded throughout the crew, and the director didn't need to speak at all, and the person who made the mistake couldn't raise his head to apologize to everyone.
In this environment, who would dare to make a mistake a second time?
Shao Yingying secretly remembered everything he saw, he really can't change the status quo of the entire continent now, but he can at least change the crew in his studio.
"Shao Sheng."
A field worker ran over and said to Shao Yingying: "It's your turn in half an hour, please prepare, and you will be filmed downstairs tracking 'Huang SIR' in a while." β
Shao Yingying nodded, he understood the arrangement of the crew of "Infernal Affairs".
Liu Weiqiang obviously arranged all the simple scenes in one day, and even in order to avoid repeated scenes in the camera, he proved that this is another street by choosing different shooting angles and switching street parking spaces, not to mention anything else, who will focus on which street this is filmed on? Even if someone remembers the signboard of the shop, then the next shot will let the signboard go to the past two, who can remember what the signboard on every street in the whole Xiangjiang is? That's impossible. Even if anyone can remember, it's a big deal to cut into some other buildings on the street in the later stage, no one will call this true.
Shao Yingying took advantage of other people's filming to change his suit, and in the next scene, he wanted to shoot a scene of sneakily following Huang Qiusheng on the street, but there was no Huang Qiusheng in this shot, as long as the meaning of tracking was filmed.
"Next group!" After Liu Weiqiang finished filming, the crew began to wander on the same street again, moving quickly.
After the whole crew prepared everything, Shao Yingying appeared in a suit.
For the sake of this scene, Shao Yingying even considered asking some experts from relevant departments in the past, after all, the 'big-B' he played was a professional intelligence officer, and if he was too amateurish when acting, it would probably be ridiculous. After thinking about it, forget it, what is acting? It's not to show a deep tracking skills, this scene is just one purpose, let people understand that 'Da-B' is tracking 'Huang SIR', and then report to Liu Dehua, which is fine.
βACTIONοΌβ
Shao Yingying stood under a pillar of the wall, holding a phone in his hand and staring at the front while reporting: "Ah, he took the subway to cross the sea." β
Cantonese?
Huang Qiusheng was originally watching this scene from the side, but at this moment he showed a hint of appreciative smile. He already knew that this was a split-shot tracking scene, but he didn't expect Shao Yingying to speak Cantonese.
"Click!"
Liu Weiqiang walked over from the front of the monitor, and said without any expression on his face: "Follow me, he crossed the sea with a dei (four sounds)." β
Shao Yingying read it along.
Liu Weiqiang nodded and said, "OK." β
"Go on!"
As soon as Liu Weiqiang sat down, Zhuang Wenqiang leaned to the side and said, "Ah, this You Mu is wrong, he actually knows how to learn Cantonese, I thought I was going to dub him." β
Liu Weiqiang also glanced at Shao Yingying with relief, but he never refused to boast: "Ma Ma De." β
The camera came again, and Shao Yingying said the lines again according to Liu Weiqiang's correction.
The subsequent tracking scene on the street is even more so, the originally very simple scene did not cause any obstacles to the crew on the basis of Shao Yingying's acting skills, the only difference is that Shao Yingying's lines will be corrected before each filming. Who made his Cantonese translator a Cantonese person, and the Cantonese spoken by the Cantonese people and the Cantonese of Xiangjiang will still be a little different, although the difference is not big.
Shao Yingying was filming while studying, and when he also experienced afternoon tea time in the middle, he also chatted with Huang Qiusheng with a Cantonese translator for a while.
In this way, Shao Yingying spent the most fulfilling two days in Xiangjiang, and in these two days, he would go to see every operation detail of the Xiangjiang crew almost every day. Just as Shao Yingxing's schedule in Xiangjiang is coming to an end, his last scene is about to be filmed, which is a scene performed on the same stage with two superstars, that is, the scene of Liang Chaowei and Andy Lau facing off on the rooftop! (To be continued......)