Actor: Thank you.

The night passed in the blink of an eye and everyone was drunk.

The next day, Mr. Fu Biao had dark circles under his eyes, and even his cheeks below his cheekbones were slightly black. He came to the set with unsteady steps.

"Biaozi, are you still drunk?" Director Feng asked with concern when he saw him walking unsteadily.

"Yes, I felt very uncomfortable and didn't sleep well last night."

"Hiss..." Ge You also came up. The old man had sobered up a long time ago. Although he usually didn't talk much, he could still say a few words to his friends.

"I remember Zhang Yuan said last night that your liver isn't doing well. That can't be true."

"Hey, I remember it too. Why don't you go and take a look?" Director Feng also received the call.

"Okay, I think we should go check it out too." Teacher Fu Biao had a big belly and a worried look on his face.

Zhang Yuan also arrived at this time. He took a look at Fu Biao's black cheek and knew that this was a sign of liver damage.

"This feeling is really not good." He said in his heart, feeling a little depressed.

Many times, what is most painful is not failure, but powerlessness.

Just like Fu Biao now, and just like Leslie Cheung last year, all the same.

Once Fu Biao's condition was diagnosed, it was found to be advanced liver cancer.

He is rich, famous, and has top doctors treating him.

But after undergoing two liver transplant operations, he finally collapsed in pain.

Even if Zhang Yuan wanted to kill the enemy, he was powerless to change the situation. This was his fate, this was his destiny.

Birth, aging, sickness and death are the only four things that cannot be changed by human power.

"What a good actor..." he sighed with emotion.

It seems that those who died were all good actors, while those "stars" who made wasteful money were living well.

Could this be what the saying “Good men don’t live long, but evil men live for a thousand years” means?
While Liu Dehua, Liu Ruoying and Fu Biao were filming their scenes together, the rest of the actors were also busy.

Zhang Yuan, Ge You, Dong Yong, Li Bingbing and others were all assigned makeup artists to do their makeup.

Generally, a large crew will have several camera crews.

Of course, there is no such poor crew as "Conquest".

Because a crew is so large, it is impossible for everyone to be in every scene.

Therefore, two teams are usually arranged to work on the left and right and shoot together.

In the past, Hong Kong film crews would work in three or four groups at the same time for efficiency.

This also resulted in a large number of shoddy films in the Hong Kong film industry, but also the emergence of many talented people.

Because there are multiple groups of people, multiple on-site directors are needed.

For example, now Director Feng continues to follow Fu Biao and his group.

On Zhang Yuan's side, he arranged for deputy director Xu Zongzheng to lead the team.

This young director Xu can be considered a member of the imperial circle.

He has served as executive director of "A Northeastern Family" and assistant director of "So What, Save You, My Love".

Director Feng kept him by his side to guide him.

This kid is still inexperienced, so Director Feng asked Director of Photography Zhang Li to send him over after he arranged the scene, to monitor the set and help the "kid" to check.

This scene is a train scene, and was filmed on the "Out of Nothing" built by the crew.

The main scene is the soft sleeper compartment on the train.

To be honest, the soft sleeper in this movie is really high-end, you can't get such treatment on ordinary trains.

The content is that after Uncle Li, played by Ge You, "fought" with Wang Bo, played by Hua Ge, in the dining car, he discovered that his subordinates disobeyed his orders and secretly went to steal the valuables in Sha Gen's bag.

These two unruly subordinates are the Fatty played by You Yong and Four Eyes played by Zhang Yuan.

In fact, many viewers don’t know that Uncle Li’s surname is not Li. According to the setting in the play, his surname is Hu, so his name is Hu Li.

It sounds like fox, which indicates his identity and character, an old fox.

Inside the carriage, the curtains were drawn tightly.

On the one hand, it can block the strong sunlight from outside, and on the other hand, it can save the money for the later production of green screen for car windows.

"I've finished everything here. We can start filming once the actors are ready." The old wizard Zhang Li arranged.

Director Xu nodded.

At this moment, all three actors entered the stage.

Uncle Ge was wearing a light brown plaid suit and a slicked-back wig that stuck to his head, looking like a smart gentleman.

You Yong wore a single ponytail wig and had a dark, square face.

These two were fine. When Zhang Yuan entered the venue, Director Xu took a look and thought that this boy was really good-looking.

He had messy short hair, silly black-framed glasses, and was wearing a tacky long-sleeved sweater with the collar of his dark red shirt showing through the neckline.

But this anti-fashion outfit almost overshadowed his good looks.

Fortunately, he seemed to have deliberately put away his confident and sunny temperament and replaced it with a gloomy and timid look, so that it didn't feel abrupt.

The three actors wore winter clothes and the crew wore short-sleeved shirts.

It is summer now, but the plot is set in winter.

The actors' current state can be described with a very elegant imperial capital slang.

They are all as hot as grandchildren!
"Come on, Zhang Yuan, kneel down first and stand in front of Uncle Li."

"Teacher Ge You, please sit on the sofa."

"As soon as the filming starts, you should slap him in the face," the young director Xu arranged.

I don’t know what Director Feng was thinking, maybe he was slapped by Xu Fan at home.

Anyway, there are always slapping scenes in this movie.

"Yuan, let's practice our moves first." After sobering up, Uncle Ge returned to his usual taciturn state.

However, he and Zhang Yuan have become familiar with each other and their communication is relatively normal.

"Let's practice it a few times. I'll raise my hand and you'll tilt your head."

He thought of using a borrowed angle to shoot the scene.

After all, young people, especially those with good looks, generally don't want to be beaten.

How can you make a living if you break your face?
But he didn't expect that he would get a negative response from the other party.

"No need." Zhang Yuan shook his head slightly and then returned.

"Just hit me if you really want to."

"Are you sure?" Uncle Ge swallowed and said, "My hands are thin and all boney. It hurts if I hit someone."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid."

Ge You was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.

He thought of Biaozi who was beaten yesterday.

"Okay, it's passed down from generation to generation, and there are still talented people in our industry."

Ge You had always been optimistic about him, thinking that he was an actor who could use his brain to act.

Now seeing his dedicated performance, I am even more optimistic about him.

Zhang Yuan knelt on the ground, ready for everything.

This shot was also taken from the side, and is almost exactly the same as the shot of Fu Biao being beaten yesterday.

Zhang Li, who was in charge of the filming, looked at the lens and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"it is good!"

“So photogenic!”

"The proportions of the facial features, the angles, and the shadows after being lit give it a very graphic feel."

There is a saying that actors are photogenic.

A typical photogenic actor is Zhang Ziyi. Once her face appears in front of the camera, she has a very strong three-dimensional sense.

But in real life, this person's appearance is really average.

Some are photogenic and some are not. The most typical example is Zeng Li, whose position was "replaced" by Zhang Ziyi back then.

This sister is definitely a bright and elegant peony-type beauty on weekdays, but once she appears on camera, she turns into a long face full of bitterness and hatred.

Zhang Yuan, who has so many good looks, is naturally the most photogenic one.

Veteran cameraman Zhang Li was very satisfied with his profile.

"Come...ACTION!"

Snapped!
Just like the director said, as soon as the camera started, Ge Da Ge slapped him softly on the cheek.

Yes, it's soft.

Just like Milk Tea Sister yesterday, she was always afraid to take ruthless action at the beginning.

"Come again."

Snapped.

Snapped.

Snapped……

Uncle Ge never dared to take any ruthless action, and Zhang Yuan was so anxious that he could only say the same lines as Fire Cloud Evil God.

"Harder."

"Harder." "Harder."

"You don't even have the strength to hit someone, and you still say you're the king of thieves?"

Seeing that he was not just talking and could really hold on, Uncle Ge secretly probed in his heart.

"Good boy!"

Then I started to really try my best to get into the character.

When he turned the machine on again, he swung it around and hit it!
He didn't even need to hit the target. When Director Xu saw his starting posture on the monitor, he knew it was going to be a big deal.

Snapped!
Whoops!

There was a crisp sound, accompanied by a scream.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Director Xu hurried forward and came to Zhang Yuan's side.

"It wasn't me who shouted." Zhang Yuan shook his head.

"it's me!"

I saw Uncle Ge covering his right hand, frowning and grinning.

"You are made of iron."

"Why are your cheeks so hard? They hurt my hand so much."

Director Xu was stunned. The person who was beaten was fine, but the one who beat him was injured. What was going on?

Zhang Yuan replied somewhat embarrassedly: "Uncle Ge, I used my self-defense skills as a reflex. I'm sorry."

When he saw Ge You raising his hand just now, he subconsciously used hard Qigong.

Uncle Ge took a long time to calm down, then waved his hand and recovered.

They always say that a person is stubborn and stubborn. It turns out that Zhang Yuan is really stubborn... Uncle Ge muttered to himself.

But this way, he felt relieved.

At least he knew that Zhang Yuan was invulnerable, so he didn't have to hold back.

The next time, Ge You raised his hand and slapped Zhang Yuan in the face with more force and speed than before.

But when his palm touched Zhang Yuan's cheek, he felt something was wrong.

Last time it was hard, this time it's soft.

Snapped!
This palm strike caused Zhang Yuan to turn his head away, and the camera changed from shooting his profile to facing his face head on.

Zila...

I don’t know if it was caused by Ge Da Ge’s nails that slipped, or if it was caused by too much force and it was directly broken.

In less than a second, a streak of blood oozed out from the corner of his mouth and slowly spread in the corner area of ​​​​his lower lip.

It's like a drop of ink falling into a lotus pond, slowly spreading out but not gathering into drops, and the whole petal falls down.

"Cut!" This time, after Director Xu called for stop, Zhang Li on the side clapped his hands.

"it is good!"

“That shot just now was so good.”

“The image is very impactful.”

Director Xu also watched the replay carefully.

"Indeed, that confused look after being beaten was amazing. Zhang Yuan acted very well."

"Especially the little bit of blood on the corner of the mouth, it tells a story, it's great."

"Who designed this bloodstain? It's great."

"not me."

"It's not me either."

Director Xu and Zhang Li looked at each other before they reacted.

Pooh!
Zhang Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood, which scared Ge You in front of him.

"Are you OK."

Zhang Yuan did not answer him, but looked at the director team: "Is it passed?"

"pass."

"Okay then." He slowly stood up and asked the medical staff for some tissues.

Since Ge You’s hand was hurt by the shock just now, he didn’t use hard qigong to defend himself.

I don’t know how hard the other party will hit me next time.

The dazed look in his eyes when he was praised by the director and cameraman was not acted; he was really dazed and his ears are buzzing now.

"Is it an accident?" Zhang Li glanced at Director Xu, then looked at Ge You.

"should be."

The visuals are just right.

The expression is just right.

The characters are just right too.

But it was a shot caused by accident.

Zhang Li thought to himself, if Zhang Yuan had cried out in pain or asked to stop, then this perfect shot created by accident would have been ruined!

"Why didn't you say stop?" Director Xu turned around and asked Zhang Yuan who was being treated with medicine by the medical staff.

"You didn't say cut." He replied casually

Zhang Yuan thought of Tian Ji Tian Qiwen from the "Kung Fu" crew. That's exactly what they did.

"Oh……"

What the hell!

He acted as if nothing happened after being beaten.

He didn't shout or scream. If we hadn't discovered it, he probably wouldn't have mentioned it.

Director Xu glanced at Zhang Li, the senior executive.

Zhang Li smiled and shook his head slightly, saying that he rarely saw such an awesome young man.

"He probably didn't take this minor injury seriously at all."

Just like Ge You thought before, handsome guys are afraid of disfigurement.

But Zhang Yuan didn't care, which made the two of them amazed.

"sure."

"It has a bit of Daoming's madness." Zhang Li praised.

He knew that nearly half of the best actors in the circle did not perform normally when filming.

Zhang Yuan's calmness is actually very abnormal.

"Extraordinary people do extraordinary things."

"I roughly know why Xiaogang didn't give Liu Dehua face and left his little brother behind to choose Zhang Yuan."

"Yeah!" Director Xu also nodded frantically.

After shooting this one shot, all three actors had to touch up their makeup.

It’s too hot and I’m sweating profusely.

For fear of being exposed, there was no air conditioning in the scene, and even electric fans could not be turned on, for fear that the props would be blown away and be noticed.

Another thing is that they were wearing winter clothes, and the closed space was stuffy and hot. In addition, the cameras used by the crew are big heat generators.

There are also a lot of fill lights around.

Zhang Li is a man with high requirements and uses more lights than the average person.

Anyway, Zhang Yuan felt like he was acting in a microwave.

"Baoqiang." He waved to Wang Baoqiang who had no chance for the time being.

"Brother, you were awesome just now!" Baoqiang trotted forward and said, "I heard the director praise you."

"That's nothing. You know what an actor does?" Zhang Yuan rubbed his chin. "Only when you don't take this kind of thing seriously, you deserve to be called an actor."

"I know!" Baoqiang agreed with a grin.

"Do me a favor, let's do this first..." Zhang Yuan whispered a few words to him, then asked Baoqiang to find his wallet and stuffed some money into him.

The boy ran away in a flash.

We shot several shots in the carriage, and finally made it to noon when we were exhausted.

Hua Ge and Milk Tea finally finished their work and returned to the train to have lunch together.

Even though they are superstars, they still eat whatever they want. They pick up their lunch boxes and enjoy their meal without any pretense.

In the afternoon, they also started filming the train scenes.

"Brother Hua, Sister Milk Tea, be careful." Zhang Yuan reminded.

"What do you mean by careful?"

"It's hot!" Zhang Yuan pointed at the train: "It's like a steamer inside."

They both smiled and didn't take it seriously.

I thought to myself, we are all veteran actors, this is all we need.

But just a few hours after the words were spoken, a cry of surprise was heard from the train that resounded throughout the crew... (End of this chapter)