The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 331 Deng Chao Has Fear of Heights
Star City is also a famous stove in the mainland. In summer, it is extremely hot.

But even if it is hot, the work must continue.

The second day after Li Shengyao arrived in Star City, he immediately inspected the shooting location, arranged for the assistant director to check all kinds of equipment, and asked about the shooting permission of the place, and even had a meal with the senior management of Shonan Satellite TV.

After making sure that all the procedures had passed, he went to see Deng Chao and Li Lianhua.

Compared to March, Deng Chao is much stronger now, with obvious arm muscles.

And Li Lianhua's figure has not changed, but the whole person is obviously more energetic, and he knows to keep moving at a glance.

Both of them are hardworking actors, and Lee Sung Yew likes to work with such actors.

Li Lianhua's younger sister, Li Wei, was also there. The two sisters were somewhat similar, but her younger sister had a rounder face.

In the evening, Li Shengyao invited sisters Deng Chao and Li Lianhua to dinner, and talked about the upcoming start-up.

Li Lianhua drank several glasses of wine, excitedly expressing that she was already ready.

She looks gentle, but she has a straightforward personality, and she is worthy of being a big girl in the Northeast.

When Deng Chao heard this, he also patted his chest and said it was okay.

Li Shengyao was very satisfied with the attitude of the two leading actors.

"The weather is too hot now, and we will make some adjustments when shooting. We will shoot the night scenes first, and then the day scenes."

[-]% of "Extreme Escape" is a night scene, and only [-]% is a daytime plot.

There is no difficulty in performing the plot during the day, and there is no need to worry about whether the actors' emotions will come back after changing the shooting sequence.

After discussing with several assistant directors, Li Shengyao decided to shoot the night scenes first, and finally the daytime scenes.

Li Lianhua said nothing, but nodded in approval.

Deng Chao frowned slightly, hesitant to speak.

Not long after dinner, sister Li Lianhua left first, while Li Shengyao and Deng Chao stayed behind.

"Did you have something to say to me?"

Deng Chao scratched his head, then nodded embarrassingly.

"It's just the two of us now, so if you have anything to say, just say it."

Deng Chao was already on good terms with Hao Lei at this time, and he knew Li Shengyao's character from Hao Lei, so he thought he should be able to talk about it.

"Director Li, after I came to Star City, I always had nightmares. I dreamed that when I was filming, I fell from a high place, like a tomato, and it fell to pieces. It woke me up several times."

Li Shengyao paused after hearing the words, "Did you train too hard, your body is too tired, the pressure is too great, and your nerves are weak?"

Generally, frequent nightmares are caused by neurasthenia.

Such a person is naturally not energetic during work during the day, and is prone to distraction.

If it's a normal job, it's fine, but "Extreme Escape" does have a lot of scenes of hanging and climbing outside high-rise buildings, and they are all night scenes.

That would be dangerous. Although there must be a safety rope at that time, it is also easy to be injured if it hits the wall.

Li Shengyao has always attached great importance to the safety of actors.

Safety is above all else.

Deng Chao nodded, "Maybe a little."

He glanced out the window, then quickly turned his head, "I'm standing on a high place at night, and I feel a little panicked."

In fact, he is not only worried about his mental state, but more worried that he has acrophobia and is afraid that he will not be able to complete the night scene.

But he dared not speak out about it.

The restaurant where they ate was on the [-]th floor, which was indeed very high. There were no high-rise buildings near this restaurant. If they were not standing in front of the glass windows, they sat in the inner position and could not see the lights outside.

The night sky is dark, there are no stars, no moon, just black.

Li Shengyao looked out, only to see a blackness surrounding them.

Deng Chao's voice was not loud, his tone was a little trembling, a little ashamed.

Li Shengyao probably understood Deng Chao's meaning, "Can't you shoot?"

"No, Director Li, it's not that I can't shoot, I just feel that I'm afraid of heights now, I want to adjust it, can I shoot the daytime scenes first after turning on the camera?"

Deng Chao naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity. Isn't he training for so long just to act in this movie?

I don't know how many people are eager to act in Director Li's new play.

He won't give up.

However, he was really scared when he thought about the night scene shooting recently. He hoped that Li Shengyao would postpone the night scene shooting for a few days so that he could take it easy.

Li Shengyao thought for a while, "It's better to shoot the night scene first, but I can turn it on after three days. You should adjust your state well during these three days."

After Li Shengyao went south, basically all the crew members were present, and every extra day they stayed at this time would cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Hearing this, Deng Chao was very grateful, and hastily raised his wine glass, using a glass of wine to represent his heart, "Director Li, thank you, I will definitely make adjustments."

"It's okay, safety first."

Deng Chao then left.

And Li Shengyao thought for a moment, and brought his assistant and crew driver to a filming location that he had seen during the day.

That is to say, a construction site that has been stopped, the workers have all withdrawn, there are only a few security guards patrolling, and there are no street lights in the construction site.

It was dark, and walking into it was like entering a black mist.

Li Shengyao took the assistant's flashlight, opened it and took a photo on it.

You can probably see the wall above it clearly, it is very rough, red brick cement, and protruding steel bars.

He thought for a while, then led the assistant driver up to the seventh floor, and came to an unsealed window. He looked down, and it was indeed very high.

After a glance, I couldn't help but look at my legs to confirm that I was stepping on the floor, and then I relaxed a little.

When the mobile phone shines down, a long beam of light can be seen.

The beam of light is getting bigger and bigger and shallower.

Finally, when it fell to the ground, it can be seen that the ground has not been cleaned up and is full of sand and stones.

A gust of night wind seemed to blow him down, Li Shengyao was startled, and hurriedly took a step back.

He then turned around and asked the assistant and the driver, "Are you scared when you look down?"

The assistant nodded, "This window has no handrails and no anti-theft windows. It's quite scary."

The driver then said: "Boss, it's too dangerous to stand on the side. If you don't pay attention, you will fall down. Let's stand far away."

Li Shengyao understood Deng Chao's worries.

When filming, Deng Chao was going to hang outside the wall. It should be human nature to feel fear at this time.

The assistant then continued: "Boss, do you think Deng Chao has a fear of heights?"

"Acrophobia?"

Li Shengyao remembered that Deng Chao didn't seem to have it, but Lu Han seemed to have it. This elder brother always took the high-speed rail whenever he could, and he didn't dare to fly. He was known as the little prince of the high-speed rail.

But who knows?
Just because it wasn't exposed to the media doesn't mean it didn't exist.

"Go and contact the local psychiatrist. I want to see if Deng Chao really has a fear of heights?"

Li Shengyao didn't know much about fear of heights, but he knew that it was a psychological disease that needed to be taken seriously.

Definitely not something to joke about.

Many people joke that they have acrophobia, but in reality, acrophobia is not funny at all, and it is a very scary thing.

People with acrophobia stand at high places, and they are very prone to anxiety, negative, and world-weary thoughts.

Li Shengyao didn't want Deng Chao to have fear of heights. If Deng Chao had it, even if he practiced for several months, he would replace it for Deng Chao's health problems.

Deng Chao said that he would only have nightmares when he came to Star City, and he should have seen the shooting location.

"Contact early tomorrow morning and arrange as soon as possible."

He then picked up the phone and informed the assistant directors to postpone the start-up for three days so that everyone could re-check the shooting equipment.

……

One night later, a well-known psychologist from Xingcheng Hunan Medical University smiled and patted Deng Chao on the shoulder, "Relax, you have no problem."

The expert then came to Li Shengyao and said with a smile, "Director Li, don't worry, he doesn't have a fear of heights, he's just afraid of heights."

"Fear of heights is a mentality that everyone has. We stand on high places, and it is not very safe. The body naturally has a protection mechanism, and the thoughts and emotions of fear of heights make us shrink back and protect ourselves."

"It's a very normal thought, it's completely different from fear of heights."

Li Shengyao breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Deng Chao would have a fear of heights. After all, it would be difficult for him to find someone temporarily at this time.

It's okay to be afraid of heights, he is also afraid of heights.

"Thank you, doctor, I will trouble you this time."

"Should be."

Li Shengyao then led Deng Chao and his assistant to leave.

Fear of heights can be detected with instruments. After about three hours of examination just now, the expert confirmed that Deng Chao did not have fear of heights.

Deng Chao was afraid before, but he was actually afraid of heights.

However, he mistakenly believed that he had a fear of heights, and the pressure was increasing, which led to frequent nightmares.

Li Shengyao directly asked the driver to take them to the construction site they had been to last night, and they came to the place where they stayed last night again.

Even if it was the second time, Li Shengyao still felt that it was dangerous to look down.

He glanced carefully, then stepped back, "Deng Chao, you are fine physically and mentally. It's normal to be afraid of heights. It's not just you, me, the two of them, and even more than [-]% of the crew standing in front of you. It’s natural to be afraid of heights, so don’t think too much about it.”

Deng Chao already fully understood what Li Shengyao meant, he was very grateful for Li Shengyao's actions, and said emotionally: "Director Li, I... thank you so much, if you call me for something in the future, I will definitely come, and I will always remember your kindness. "

"It's okay, safety first."

He paused, and then said: "You have been practicing for several months, have you not met Hao Lei for a while?"

"I've been preparing for so long, so don't let yourself down, make some adjustments, and we'll start the machine in two days. I hope to see a completely different Deng Chao, who puts down the burden and is healthy and uplifting."

Deng Chao immediately answered: "Yes, Director Li, I remember."

"Okay, let's go, go back and rest."

Deng Chao was fine, there was no need to change people, and Li Shengyao was actually happy.

Now it looks like it will start to start in August. I hope to finish filming in two months and produce in two months, so that it will be completed before the Lunar New Year holiday.

"Let's Punch, Dad" earned [-] million. If his appearance didn't change history, this figure should be the box office champion of this year.

"Extreme Escape" has a box office of more than [-] million, and it is enough not to lose money.

He didn't pay attention to the [-] million box office that was hyped up outside.

Until [-], there were only two films in the mainland with over [-] million yuan—"Hero" and "City Full of Golden Armor".

It is really difficult to break [-] million now, and he has no such pressure.

(End of this chapter)