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Chapter 680 [106] News of playing the clown is announced!

August 2006, 8, the crew of "Better Days".

Chen Yu and Liu Yifei's first scene.

Liu Yifei, who was wearing a school uniform, was pinched by the back of the neck by an extra and pressed to the ground.

Chen Yu was struggling with blood all over his face, twitching. His fingernails were full of mud from his struggle on the ground. He crawled on the ground and tried to get up, but the pain all over his body made him groan and gasp.

His face was covered in bruises and blood, and he looked extremely miserable. He had just been beaten up by a group of thugs in front of him.

Liu Yifei, who had just finished evening self-study at school, happened to pass by. She screamed in fear and was then targeted by several gangsters.

He was trembling as he tried to pick up his phone to call the police, but was grabbed by a few thugs.

"I can see that this girl likes him!"

"You think he's good-looking and want to help him, right?"

A gangster pinched Liu Yifei and grinned against her ear. Chen Yu, who was lying on the ground, had his head held tightly by an extra and was being lifted up with force.

Facing Liu Yifei who was being carried over, the two actually didn't know each other before, but at this moment it seemed as if fate had tied them together.

"Haha, reward her by giving this crazy dog ​​a kiss!"

The gangster pushed Liu Yifei's head desperately and moved towards Chen Yu, who was in pain and spitting blood.

The two of them put up all their strength to resist. Chen Yu's veins were bulging, while Liu Yifei's face turned red and she could hardly breathe.

"Kiss, damn!"

"This girl has a pretty fierce temper... a wild horse, haha!"

The thugs used rude words to release the two men, but... they had no intention of letting them go.

"I let you kiss him!"

"Didn't you hear me? Honey!"

boom!
The gangster kicked Chen Yu directly on the head, making him roll towards Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei lay there with her head raised, her eyes full of tears. She pursed her lips, not daring to let herself cry.

"Do you want to kiss me?"

The gangster picked up Chen Yu's bloody head again and held it a few centimeters in front of Liu Yifei. As long as he moved forward, the two would collide.

"Kiss quickly!"

It was obvious that the gangster had lost his patience and grabbed her hair again. Liu Yifei shuddered and closed her eyes in fear.

Chen Yu was strangled by the gangsters and was fixed there, with his eyes rolled up.

"You really want him to die!"

"Kiss or not?"

The gangsters yelled and beat Chen Yu continuously.

Chen Yu was like a puddle of mud, exhaling more than inhaling.

Seeing that Liu Yifei seemed to be hesitating, with a hint of tears in her voice, the gangster urged her again: "Hurry up!"

"Hu Chi... Hu Chi..."

Liu Yifei's breathing became unusually heavy. Her eyes were red and she looked at Chen Yu, who seemed to be dying, with tears in her eyes. Her whole body was shaking violently, and the hesitation on her face was instantly replaced by fear.

Chen Yu twitched and twitched, and it seemed like he was about to collapse.

Finally, Liu Yifei crawled forward and kissed Chen Yu with tears on her face, and tears rolled down her eyes.

"Oh ho ho ho!"

"It was a real kiss!"

"Kiss!"

"Crack!"

Executive Director Diao Yinan was shouting, and the gangsters finally let go, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Yu, are you okay?"

"fine……"

"Let me slow down!"

Chen Yu rolled violently on the ground. Liu Yifei beside him also fell to the ground and laughed at Chen Yu. Her tears were so pitiful.

"Yes, I was quite moved by what I just saw!"

“That’s a lot of progress!”

Although this was the result of Chen Yu's training, the two of them had been working together and rehearsing for a long time before filming this scene, but after the actual filming, Liu Yifei's performance still surprised Chen Yu.

After 2-3 times, she was completely into the state, and this makeup and look really made her look a lot younger.

Like a high school girl, but in fact he is only 18 years old and will be 19 in a few days.

"It's not easy to get a compliment from a Grand Slam actor!"

Liu Yifei was giggling and stood up. Her assistant and makeup artist had come over. They had to touch up their makeup and continue filming this scene.

After shooting here, we’ll move on to the next one.

Chen Yu and Liu Yifei play Liu Beishan and Chen Nian, and the two have many scenes in the movie.

There are the school gate, the corridor, the corner of the stairs, Liu Beishan's house... and in the scenes involved, Chen Yu has two hairstyles, one long hair and one buzz cut; as for Liu Yifei, strictly speaking, there are 5.

Long hair, short hair, bald head, buzz cut, and another hairstyle when you grow up.

These five scenes were shot in a certain order, after all, it involves a process from long to short, which is not reversible at all.

The part where he shaved his head was only passable in one take.

It requires a lot of performance from the actors.

"Okay, go ahead!"

Chen Yu sat in front of the monitor and carefully watched the segment he had just filmed. He watched it for quite a long time, mainly to see if there was anything that needed improvement or any deficiencies.

Of course, this is only the first time, and it mainly depends on whether the performance, positioning, etc. meet Chen Yu’s expectations.

Maybe you will find problems when editing.

Then reshoots are needed, sometimes fatal bugs are discovered, and Chen Yu cannot be the only one watching.

Although he is the director and focuses on the actors' performances, he sometimes has visual blind spots, so the editor, assistant director, etc. also need to help him.

The final film review is a very standardized process, and the release of a movie is actually a very complicated process.

Acting is really just one part of the process.

In fact, every actor has a dream of becoming a director, but some actors dare not even think about it before they become famous to a certain extent, such as Chen Yu; and some actors transform into directors after becoming famous, but it does not mean that they can definitely do as well as actors.

Chen Yu is now facing such a transformation situation, so he filmed this film very carefully.

I would rather go slow and learn slowly than make mistakes and end up making a bad movie.

Therefore, Chen Yu gave himself a lot of time to shoot this movie. Although one of the factors was to train Liu Yifei's acting skills, more importantly, Chen Yu wanted to rely on this movie to understand the basic process and rules of directing.

You can learn while filming, and there is a good teacher beside you.

"I feel this plot is not very reasonable, maybe it would be better if we change it!"

"The actors have to coordinate with the lighting engineer's position!"

"You can give the photography work to the photographer, he is also a department!"

"To shoot a scene you want, just tell the executive director; you know the work of the assistant director and casting director anyway!"

"..."

Diao Yinan told Chen Yu a lot of things that the chief director should do, and the script was not at all what Chen Yu thought, that everything would be fine after it was written. It often needed to be revised while filming.

Of course, many actors will also change the script, and it is even more normal for directors to change the script. Domestic screenwriters do not have much power, unlike those in foreign countries, where they also make changes, but more often the screenwriters discuss with the director and others.

If you convince the screenwriter, he will make changes.

In China, screenwriters have no choice but to follow the director's opinions, or even the actors' opinions... and make changes.

Fortunately, Chen Yu himself is the screenwriter, so the segment he just filmed was actually a revised version.

In the original novel, or in the previous life, Chen Yu felt that this plot was very unreasonable.

Chen Nian was obviously a good student who only wanted to get into a good university through the college entrance examination, so she was focused on studying. Even when someone jumped to his death at school and the police came to her for investigation, she was unwilling to say a word.

She was afraid and timid. In her previous life, she often looked around after night study, fearing that she would be followed or bullied. Then she saw the gangsters beating Liu Beishan in the alley.

According to normal logic, given Chen Nian's personality, how could she... help others when she sees injustice?

She actually picked up her phone and called 110?

There was absolutely no other factor, just that when she saw Liu Beishan being beaten, she stood up for justice?
The personality suddenly became very fragmented.

There are several other plots like this where the character suddenly becomes brave or cowardly. In the director's words, he wanted to show the brave side of Chen Nian's heart, but after Chen Yu read the original novel, he just felt that it was not in harmony.

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Chen Nian can be brave, but she is not stupid. It is courting death to do so.

If she was really brave, she would pretend to be passing by and call the police after leaving the place.

Instead of just staring blankly, pick up your phone.

The scene here where Chen Yu was shocked after seeing it startled the gangster, who walked over and Chen Nian picked up the phone out of fear. Her bravery actually does not need to be shown here, it can be fully portrayed through a series of subsequent plots.

Therefore, Chen Yu revised the script from his previous life and discussed it with Diao Yinan.

Diao Yinan is also a good scriptwriter. When Chen Yu told him about this plot from his previous life, he also felt that it was handled very abruptly.

So after Chen Yu made some changes, it became much more reasonable.

"continue!"

Chen Yu was talking to Liu Yifei beside him, and then they would shoot a scene each.

This section of rivalry between the two people has been filmed, and it is also one of the most difficult scenes to shoot, so it was left in the evening, which just fits the timing of the script.

For shooting in the evening, after getting into the role in the morning and afternoon, this is actually the best performance state. If you get enough rest, you won’t feel tired.

It was not until after 9 o'clock in the evening that Chen Yu finished filming today's announcement.

Tomorrow, there will be a new scene.

The filming went much faster than Chen Yu had imagined, and Chen Yu actually left enough time for this announcement.

According to his idea, it might take three days to complete the shooting, but it only took two days.

"Get off work, get off work!"

"Let's get together?"

"Let's go..."

While everyone in the crew was chatting, Chen Yu was confirming all the filming for today to see if there was anything that needed to be re-shot or missed.

Liu Yifei was very envious of this seriousness.

In every movie, Chen Yu can always find the direction for his efforts.

He was the martial arts director and screenwriter of "The Force Awakens", climbed high buildings in "Invisible Bourne", and is now a director.

This guy will never stop, so he will break his limits again and again.

The same is true for being a director.

"Director Chen, when will you be available?"

After removing her makeup, Liu Yifei looked at him eagerly, like a woman waiting for her husband to return. She sat there with her chin in her hands, staring at Chen Yu who was working without blinking.

"almost done!"

"Confirm again!"

Chen Yu spoke without turning his head, his eyes fixed on the playback images on the monitor.

Finally, when Liu Yifei couldn't bear it anymore, Chen Yu stretched himself, made a comfortable sound, and then stood up and looked at Liu Yifei: "Let's go, we're done!"

Chen Yu began to pack up himself, gave his things to the crew members, then clapped his hands and prepared to return to the hotel.

Although he really wanted to go with Liu Yifei to experience the snacks and hotpot in the mountain city, the two of them are now powerless. Many moviegoers and fans basically know that the two are now filming in the mountain city.

A lot of security personnel are deployed outside the crew every day, which invisibly increases costs.

So going out to eat... is simply a luxury.

Chen Yu had asked a new assistant to order the food and bring it to the hotel. Qiu Junjun was now a little celebrity and many people knew her, so he had to rely on the new employee to get things done.

The two got in the car, and just as Chen Yu lay down comfortably, his cell phone rang.

It was Richard calling again.

"Chan, the news has been released, and the response is huge, mostly opposition and criticism!"

"Warner is under a lot of pressure too!"

Richard's voice sounded helpless, but Chen Yu smiled happily: "It's okay, controversy brings popularity, and have you heard of the 80/20 rule?"

In any group of things, the most important ones only account for a small part, about 20%.

The remaining 80%, although the majority, are secondary!

This is the 80/20 rule.

In the future Internet voices, the 80/20 rule has been mentioned again and again.

The reason is simple. This law has been verified time and time again in the changes of the Internet.

20% of the people make up 80% of the voices online; they are obviously just a small group of people, but they think that the whole world is like them.

For example, feminism, LGBT... They are obviously rare in real life, and 80% of them are normal people, but they make the whole society feel that feminism is everywhere.

And now, Chen Yu is playing the role of the Joker in Batman. Warner should have released the news just now.

Although there are makeup photos of Chen Yu during his audition and some trailers, fans of the Joker should have spontaneously ignored them. They just subconsciously boycotted him after seeing Chen Yu playing the Joker.

This was actually within Chen Yu's expectations.

It would be fine if it was a hero with a visible face, such as the Mermaid or Snow White; but the clown is painted and his real face is not revealed throughout the entire film. In fact, there is no difference whether the character is played by black, yellow or white actors.

Chen Yu believed that there would be many people boycotting him, even in Asia.

Even fans will be disgusted.

On the contrary, there should be few people who support it.

The only way to reverse this situation in the end is with the release of "The Dark Knight".

By then, once "The Dark Knight" has a high box office and good reputation, Chen Yu's popularity will instantly reach a super peak.

This is a double-edged sword. It depends on the person who uses it to determine what kind of cake is finally presented.

If he fails, Chen Yu might suffer a terrible loss.

But if successful, one "Dark Knight" will be as good as him starring in five blockbuster movies in Hollywood.

A major reversal of public opinion across the entire network requires real strength.

"It's just a spy operation... maybe the box office will be affected?"

Maybe not necessarily. If there are many people criticizing the film, some curious people will go and take a look at it. If the film is good, it will help him turn the situation around.

But now, Chen Yu’s days in Hollywood... must be quite difficult!

(End of this chapter)