The day after the main creators of the crew arrived in the magic capital, filming officially began.

The first scene was filmed in Huashang Media's own indoor studio in the magic capital, which had been arranged as the office of General Gao, the commander-in-chief of the campaign, and General Gao was played by Liang Guanhua.

The first scene was filmed in which General Gao introduced the basic situation of the current battlefield to the actor Yang Tianbao.

Yang Tianbao is the name given by Li Mu to the male protagonist, in Li Mu's version of "Edge of Tomorrow", the heroine's name is Mu Lan, inspired by Mu Guiying and Hua Mulan, Li Mu feels that this name is more in line with the image of the female warrior who turns the tide, since the heroine's name is related to Mu Guiying, so Li Mu changed Yang Zongbao's name to one word, and it became the name of the male protagonist here - Yang Tianbao!

"Click!"

The assistant director shouted to stop, and the tense nerves of the crew finally relaxed for a moment, everyone felt that this must have passed, Mr. Liang Guanhua's skills were really not covered, and when he put on the uniform and stood in the office, the aura was naturally there.

Of course, our Director Li Mu is not lagging behind at all, and it needs to be explained that our Director Li looks handsome in a major uniform, didn't you look at the ladies on the set, their eyes were almost straight?

As expected, Li Mu walked to the monitor and watched the content just filmed twice, then nodded in approval, but Liang Guanhua looked a little speechless.

"Mr. Liang, do you have any other thoughts on this scene just now? If you have one, you can tell me directly, and let's study it together. Seeing this, Li Mu asked.

Liang Guanhua did have a different opinion on this scene, but he felt that he didn't seem to be able to bring it up, because Li Mu's fame was too great.

Li Mu's status in the field of science fiction movies has stood at the top of the world with Spielberg and Cameron, and Liang Guanhua himself has never made a science fiction blockbuster before, which makes Liang Guanhua have to doubt whether the opinions he wants to put forward are really valuable, but now that Li Mu has seen it, Liang Guanhua simply knows everything.

"Director, this scene is about General Gao introducing Major Yang Tianbao to the situation of the upcoming counterattack campaign in the coastal areas of China, and Major Yang Tianbao learned that the destination of his upcoming interview was on the front line, and after repeated refusals, Major Yang even threatened the general, and the result was that the general asked him to be arrested and sent to the front line to die."

Li Mu nodded slightly.

Liang Guanhua continued: "General Gao, as the front-line commander of the counterattack campaign, thought before the campaign was launched that after the battle, the bodies of a large number of dead soldiers would be sent back to the rear in body bags and someone would need to take the blame, and after being threatened, he temporarily decided to send the threatened person to the front line to die-I can't see his ability to be appointed commander-in-chief, what I see is that he, as the front-line commander-in-chief, was easily provoked and temporarily changed his original plan. ”

"Then how does Mr. Liang think it should be changed?" Li Mu asked.

Liang Guanhua said: "The image of the general should be set more positively, and it is better to reflect a little more of his ability to be appointed as the commander-in-chief." Major Yang mobilized millions of people to the front line to die, the morale of the soldiers was very high when they joined the army, but many people began to waver after facing life and death on the front line, and the best way to make these people burst out of courage again is to send the major who mobilized them to the front line to fight side by side with them, in other words, the general was not provoked and temporarily intended to send the major to the front line to die, but he planned to do so from the beginning, he wanted to use the blood of the major to inspire the courage of the front-line officers and soldiers again. ”

Li Mu said: "An unscrupulous but capable general? ”

Liang Guanhua nodded.

Li Mu thought about it, maybe this change is indeed more in line with the psychology of Chinese people, because in the eyes of most Chinese people, since a person can go to a high position, he must have his advantages, of course, the general in the original movie is not a straw bag, but it does not show his excellence.

"I think it can!"

Li Mu recognized Liang Guanhua's proposal, and then the two began to deliberate the revised plot and lines together.

Half an hour later, filming resumed.

Liang Guanhua sat behind his desk with a serious expression: "You have inspired millions of people to go to the front line, these soldiers are good, they are very brave, but no matter how strong the warriors are, there are times when they are vulnerable, I hope you can once again arouse their determination to fight to the end." ”

Li Mu took off his military hat and put it on his lap, and at the same time crossed his hands in front of him, his whole person looked relatively relaxed at this moment: "Establish a new model? The first thing that came to my mind was to recreate a typical image of a warrior who used to be very timid, but now he is very brave, you find the people, the articles are written by me, you know, I do this best. ”

Liang Guanhua's eyes narrowed slightly, his cold gaze flashed, and then he smiled.

This look was definitely not designed before the start of filming, this was Liang Guanhua's temporary play on the spot.

Li Mu keenly caught the change in Liang Guanhua's eyes in a flash, he leaned back slightly while holding his hands in front of his chest, this was a typical defensive posture, until Liang Guanhua showed a smile, Li Mu followed this defensive posture and laughed.

Liang Guanhua said at this time: "I have found the person, the boat will depart in an hour, the soldiers are waiting for you, and your destination is the beach on the front line of the counterattack operation." ”

Li Mu's eyes were full of doubt, and he frowned and asked, "The beach on the front line of the counterattack operation?" That is, I'm going to interview your people on the battlefield? ”

Liang Guanhua looked back at the map behind him and said, "Demon Capital, there are only a small number of alien activities there, and we have an absolute superiority in troops!" It is there that you will write the most uplifting battle images that will inspire my soldiers. ”

"General, thank you for your confidence in me, but I chose my current job to avoid this." Saying that, Li Mu tried to show a smile, but after seeing Liang Guanhua's expressionless face, Li Mu's smile froze on his face, and he continued stubbornly:

"I ...... I...... I only participated in military training in college, and after the outbreak of the war I lost my old job, so I chose this profession, so I have my specialty, you ...... Do what you have to do, but, I really don't have military training, I'm very honored to have the opportunity to interview our soldiers on the front line, but I'm not afraid of you laughing, in fact, I fainted blood, and my fingers were cut by paper, and I couldn't stand it. ”

After speaking, Li Mu continued to laugh dryly to relieve his tension and embarrassment at the moment, but Liang Guanhua on the opposite side had no expression on his face at the moment, and at this time, the air on the scene seemed to freeze, and Li Mu also stopped his embarrassing dry smile.

Liang Guanhua finally spoke when Li Mu was already fidgeting: "Major, I think you misunderstood, I didn't want you to go to the front line to interview my soldiers. ”

Li Mu let out a long sigh of relief when he heard this, then patted his chest, and then laughed out loud with relief: "General, you really scared me to death just now, although war reporters don't have to charge into battle in person, although they are not as dangerous as front-line soldiers, but there are not many people who die because of this, and I will definitely never set foot on the front line." ”

Liang Guanhua crossed his hands at this time: "The millions of soldiers who have been inspired and mobilized by you hope most at this moment to be able to fight side by side with their idol, that is, with you." That's right, you won't be a war correspondent, you will be a hero who has the rank of major or a civilian, but still repeatedly asks to go to the front line to fight, if you are unfortunately killed in battle, then you will live for a hundred years, and your heroic deeds will inspire countless followers to continue to rush forward to the enemy one after another, until the enemy is completely destroyed, until the battle is completely victorious! Until those disgusting things can no longer be seen on our planet. ”

Li Mu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his lips trembled slightly, the expression on his face was first incredulous, and then fear came out of his eyes little by little.

The photographer moved the camera to Li Mu's eyes and gave Li Mu a big close-up, recording Li Mu's textbook-level demeanor change at this moment.

"Click!"

The assistant director shouted at this moment.

Immediately, the set was quiet for three to five seconds, and then many people began to applaud spontaneously, and then more and more people applauded, and many people talked about Liang Guanhua and Li Mugang's performances with relish.

"Great, wonderful!"

"Teacher Liang is very aura, and he really feels like a general when he wears a military uniform!"

"Of course, Mr. Liang's surname is Di, his name is Renjie, and he is a person from the state, and the official is the same as the Fengge Luantai Ping Zhangshi, and he is also the envoy of the Zhi, and the governor of Youzhou, and he was ordered to transfer all important military and political affairs in Youzhou."

"Hahaha......"

"Several of the director's mentality changes are also very expressive, the ease when giving the general an idea to set up a heroic model, the confusion and panic when he misunderstood that the general was going to send him to the front line for an interview, and suddenly learned that the general actually wanted him to go to the front line to participate in the battle in person, especially the change in expression at the moment when he finally learned the truth, it was amazing!"

At this time, Li Mu, Liu Yifei, Liang Guanhua, Hu Jun and others watched the performance just now around the monitor, and everyone showed very surprised expressions on their faces.

Li Mu said at this time: "When editing in the later stage, the audience will know from the beginning that the general is going to send the protagonist to the front line to die, and then the protagonist will also suggest to the general with a relaxed face to set up a new combat model, which is a typical self-digging pit to bury himself, and the poor information will make the audience feel funny." ”

The people around echoed Li Mu, but Liang Guanhua stood there silently, he was still reminiscing about the performance just now.

Just now when he was performing, he suddenly had a feeling, and an ancient saying suddenly appeared in his mind: "Kill one person and three armies are shaken, kill him!" Then he looked at Li Mu, and suddenly had the artistic conception of Cao Cao borrowing the head of the grain transport officer to calm the army's heart, but he never expected that this fleeting thought would be instantly captured by Li Mu, who was playing with him, not only captured, but also reacted in time, Li Mu's face flashed uneasily, and then his body leaned back unconsciously, and then put his hands on his chest in a defensive posture, too sharp!

In the interval between the crew preparing for the next scene, Li Mu hurried to discuss the next plot with the actors, and after about ten minutes, after all departments were ready, the next scene soon began.

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In the original version of "Edge of Tomorrow", at the beginning of the film, the male protagonist frequently appeared on the TV screen, and what he said was also morale-boosting and promoting the victory of mankind. At the beginning of the film, the actor repeatedly mentioned that he helped the general mobilize millions of people to the front line, but after the actor was thrown into the grassroots troops, the grassroots soldiers didn't know him, which is very strange, obviously his job is to boost morale on TV.

Correspondingly, as a typical heroine of the battle, everyone knows it, Li Mu thinks that the plot of the original version is very strange, so he will make corresponding adjustments in his version.

For example, after the actor was thrown to the grassroots level, the grassroots actually knew him, and the original actor didn't use a gun when he was thrown on the beach for the first time, and no one taught him.

In Li Mu's version, no one believes that the actor can't use a gun, after all, he used to pretend to be a combat expert on TV, a qualified fighter who knows mecha well.

It can also be used here to create a sense of joy.

The actor had to learn how to fight in order to save his life, and as a result, anything he didn't understand was regarded as a joke by everyone, and the more serious he looked at and asked someone to teach him, the more others thought he was pretending, and in the end he couldn't even shoot when he was thrown into the battlefield!

……

At the same time as the filming of "Edge of Tomorrow", "Iron Fist of Shame", which had been postponed once, was finally officially released, with a final box office of 3.214 billion yuan!

It's a little regrettable that it failed to break the previous record of 3.37 billion in "The Richest Man in Xihong City", but "Iron Fist of Shame" is different from the former, the former has Shen Teng, Shen Teng has acted in a series of comedies by Huashang Media, and there is already a faint atmosphere of the king of comedy.

Of the more than 3.2 billion box office, about 1.3 billion belongs to the producer, and about 800 million of the 1.3 billion is the gross profit of Huashang, and the rest belongs to other producers.

Huashang's films have always had a tradition of inviting well-connected companies to "share" the risk.

In fact, where does the risk come from, Huashang promised to invest in other companies, in fact, it is not much different from sending money, Huashang's script has not been lost, Huashang is not short of investment money, Huashang is fully capable of eating most of the profits alone, but Huashang has never done that.

However, the companies involved in the investment can not completely eat dry food, if a relationship only one party benefits, then the relationship is destined to not last long, in fact, many companies that have a long-term relationship with Huashang have also been providing their exclusive resources to Huashang.

And with the box office of "Iron Fist of Shame" officially breaking through the 3.2 billion mark, Mary's coffee position, which contributed a wonderful performance in the film, is climbing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the past, I had to fight for a small supporting role that was dispensable in importance, and I might not be able to fight for it, but now all kinds of scripts that I didn't even dare to think about before were desperately stuffed into my hands, and the treatment before and after was so different that Mary couldn't help but even want to cry.

My heart is both sad and gratifying.

Her career finally ushered in great growth, and the first person Mary wanted to call and confide in was his master, He Yu.

The first time she was seen by the audience on TV was the sketch "Super Happiness Insoles" with He Yi, who has been doing her best to take care of her, help her, and encourage her for so many years, it can be said that He Yi is a light in her life.

The phone called, He Yi was also very happy for his apprentice on the phone, and Mary's gratitude made He Yi feel that his previous help to her was not in vain, of course he did not expect the other party to repay him, but who would not want his kindness to be cherished?

After the two chatted on the phone for a while, He Yu reminded Mary with some worry.

"You're on fire now, but the background is still insufficient, just this popular work, this gust of wind will pass in the past, so you must seize the opportunity and don't make mistakes, you know?"

"Don't worry, Master, I know."

"There will definitely be many opportunities to be interviewed by reporters in the future, and when you want to thank anyone, you must not forget Director Shen Junsheng and Director Li Mu."

"I know, in fact, when "Iron Fist of Shame" was casting, many people thought that I was not suitable for playing the heroine, saying that I was okay to act in dramas, acting in movies, my appearance and conditions were a little worse, and in the end, Director Li Mu supported me against public opinion, and I just got the protagonist this time."

"Huashang is Li Mu's Huashang, compared to director Shen Junsheng, it must be that Li Mu can give you more opportunities, but don't ignore Director Shen Junsheng and only see a higher status Li Mu in your eyes, no matter what, the official director of "Iron Fist of Shame" is Shen Junsheng, if you can only see Li Mu in your eyes, it may affect your reputation."

"Thank you, Master, for reminding me, I see."

Mary was very touched that Master was still doing his best to plan for her future career as before, reminding her not to make those mistakes.

At the same time, Ai Lun is also thinking about similar problems, that is, he keeps reminding himself not to float, to be steady, and to express his gratitude to Director Shen and Director Li when he has the opportunity, on the one hand, he is sincerely grateful to these two people, and on the other hand, it is also the need to maintain his own image of gratitude.

The two of them, especially Li Mu, have an amazing number of fans, and fans will naturally have a good impression of them when they see that the people promoted by their idols are very grateful to their idols.

And it was also during this time that a reporter interviewed director Shen Junsheng and asked him what he thought of having two box office works with a box office of more than 3 billion in the single mainland market, and the reporter also specifically mentioned that at present, even director Li Mu has only one work that has reached a box office of 3 billion in a single market in the mainland.

And Shen Junsheng's reply to this is:

"I remember that when "Thai Embarrassment" continued to break various records, the media reported overwhelmingly, and I seemed to have become the most potential young director in the mainland except for the boss. Before 2005, I was just a good photographer, but that's all I can, and it will probably continue to be the same in the future, until I met my boss, who said that my basic skills were good, and asked me to follow him in the future, and my life has changed dramatically. ”

"I have created a series of miracle works under my name, whether it is "Thai Embarrassment", "The Richest Man in Xihong City" or now "Iron Fist of Shame", all of them were given to me by the boss. I was most moved. ”

Well, it seems that Li Mu is Shen Junsheng's He Yu, He Yi has an apprentice like Mary who has helped and has always been grateful to Dade in his heart, and Li Mu also has a subordinate like Shen Junsheng who is obsessed with Li Mu's promotion.

(End of chapter)