Actor: Thank you.

Chapter 676 Free America

"Card!"

"very perfect!"

On the Los Angeles set, Zhang Yuan completed his first shot in Hollywood.

This is the real Hollywood, and the studio is only a dozen kilometers away from the famous Hollywood sign.

And through this lens, he also experienced the way Hollywood works.

Zhang Yuan stretched lazily.

Nima!

It was just one shot, a close-up at that, and it took a whole morning to shoot!

And he glanced at the work notice and found that he only had two shots that day.

If you do this every day, according to Lei Jun...

"That's so frustrating!"

To put it nicely, it’s called striving for excellence.

To put it bluntly, this is slacking off.

This is how the term "slacking off" came about.

No wonder when Uncle Long was filming the first movie, he was so anxious and scratching his head every day when he first joined the crew.

In just this amount of time, all the scenes for Wang Jing were shot.

This story is actually very cliché.

The protagonist Li Shi, played by Uncle Long, is the ambassador's bodyguard.

Jianer, played by Zhang Yuan, is Li's childhood friend.

Originally, New Line was thinking that since they had already asked Zhang Yuan to play the role, they might as well change the setting of Kenji, who is a Japanese, to a Chinese.

But Zhang Yuan sternly rejected it.

I can play a villain, but this character is the head of an international criminal organization.

And the main villain of this series is the famous Triad.

The Triads are real criminal organizations.

Hong Kong’s famous police department, also known as the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau or the Serious Crime Squad, which often appears in Hong Kong dramas.

Its full name is "Organized Crime and Triad Bureau".

The so-called Triads are the Tiandihui, or the Hongmen in later generations.

One of the legitimate successors is the famous Hong Kong gang Wo Shing Wo.

Director Johnnie To’s famous film “Election”… that episode where Tony Leung goes fishing without a helmet.

The gang that Simon Yam and Tony Leung Ka Fai compete for in the film is called "Wo Lian Sheng", and its prototype is Wo Sheng Wo.

The two remaining gangs in this film are called "Xin Ji" and "Digital Party".

Its prototypes are "Sun Yee On" and "14K".

The famous scene in the second part of "Election", Louis Koo's "I can talk, I can be patriotic."

The first part is Director Shi, played by You Yong, saying that Lao Xu from "Xinji" has already talked to us and he is patriotic.

Why are Du SIR's films so good? Because half of them are documentaries, and he really knows his stuff.

Zhang Yuan refused to change the setting because he really disliked the gangs in Hong Kong.

It’s a different era now, and we’re still involved in traditional gangs.

Also, if the setting is changed to Chinese people, it will not pass the review of the radio and television authorities.

Any imported film with a Chinese villain is strictly controlled and will most likely die.

After he said this, Uncle Long, who had the mainland distribution rights in the contract, immediately stood on his side.

Conflict of interest.

Therefore, in the end, the setting of this island nation was maintained, mainly to avoid suspicion.

For this purpose, the crew found him a tutor who spoke the Japanese language and practiced with him for a few days.

Although he had already learned some common Japanese from many "island female teachers", he still took his tutoring seriously.

The filming this morning was at the beginning of the story, where Uncle Long escorted the ambassador to a meeting in the Lighthouse Country. The content of the meeting was to unite all parties to solve the problem of the rampant triads.

The character played by Zhang Yuan was on the roof of the opposite building, shooting the ambassador who was giving a speech.

It took three hours to shoot the scene where he holds up the gun and the camera shoots his face from the front.

What we will shoot in the afternoon is the scene where he snipers the man and then escapes by rappelling from the roof.

For this rappelling shot, the director even discussed with the three stand-ins how to avoid facing the actors directly to avoid being exposed.

Zhang Yuan was stunned.

Do we need three stand-ins for this thing?

Why don't I just do it myself and there won't be any problems with being exposed?

But the director wouldn’t let me!
If the actors perform such dangerous actions themselves, the insurance company will not be able to get the money.

The insurance company will arrange a specialist to watch over it on the set.

Since New Line bought insurance for him, the premium was not cheap.

Therefore, if the actors perform scenes such as high-altitude and car-speeding scenes themselves, the insurance company will sue the crew for breach of contract.

"I suspect you are trying to defraud insurance!"

Because the more risk clauses included, the more expensive the premium.

So Zhang Yuan wanted to go on his own, but the insurance company wouldn't let him.

The crew also purchased delay insurance, covering shooting delays and release delays.

Later, when Tom Cruise was filming "Mission Impossible 7", this guy often did the action himself because he loved playing games.

He finally found an insurance company to insure himself, and the premium alone reached 400 million US dollars, for one movie.

And because "Mission: Impossible 7" was delayed many times due to the global epidemic, it triggered the delay insurance, and the crew finally received more than 7000 million US dollars in compensation.

So many Hollywood blockbusters seem to lose money, but in fact they even make money.

This is also the reason why American crews are not in a hurry to film.

Anyway, anything can be covered by insurance.

The subsequent plot is that the two protagonists fight each other, break up and get together again, and finally discover that the big villain is inside the organization.

Find another landmark building for the final battle.

This episode features the Eiffel Tower.

Just make the scenes bigger and the action more exciting.

But the audience just buys into this.

Nothing else is needed. Just seeing the return of Uncle Long and Chris Tucker will attract a bunch of old audiences.

Just like "Detective Chinatown", even if it gets worse and worse, as long as the leading role does not change, it can still sell at the box office.

After lunch, we rested for a while in the RV.

He returned to the set and watched the stunt double perform.

The shots of rappelling from a building dozens of stories high are divided into five or six groups.

Some climbed out of the window and ran along the edge of the building.

Some are mounted on the outer walls of high-rise buildings.

Some of them slid down from dozens of meters.

Three hours later...

"Okay, it's your turn." The director turned and looked at Zhang Yuan.

He was given three safety locks, plus the zipline, a total of four.

Slide down from the second floor which is more than three meters above the ground.

"Card!"

"knock off."

Zhang Yuan: …

He even felt that he was losing out by taking the 100 million yuan in salary.

When I was filming The Return of the Condor Heroes, I hung on wires for 12 hours a day and only earned 30 yuan after filming for several months.

No wonder everyone wants to be a superstar.

It was because of Uncle Long that he was able to enjoy this treatment.

Ordinary small actors have no human rights, even in Hollywood, where the work system is relatively sound.

Moreover, their insurance and procedures are so complicated, all of which are built with the blood of a large number of veteran actors.

After get off work, I received the notice for tomorrow.

"It might be a bit hard tomorrow." The director even greeted him.

The scene I took was a road chase, and I had to run.

"No problem." Zhang Yuan spread his hands.

There aren't even any lines, just get some rest.

8am to 5pm, the crew gets off work at 5pm.

He ate something and then went to the gym.

Zhang Jingchu was still flirting beside him.

Zhang Yuan sneered in his heart.

Fortunately, there is a door in the room that can help me enter sage mode.

Return to the room after exercise.

Teacher Yuan Quan had just recovered.

Took a shower and cleaned myself up.

This person didn't "wake up" until around three o'clock in the afternoon.

I had a lot of trouble last night.

Seeing him return to the room, he held his waist and said.

"You should still treat me as a human being."

"My bones are falling apart."

"Hi...you must be hungry." Zhang Yuan sat next to her.

"I'll ask the hotel to send up some food."

Teacher Yuan rolled his eyes at him.

It's true that I haven't eaten much for a day and a night.

"Okay, eat something."

"I need to eat something. My legs are shaking."

"But I have to go after I finish eating."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Hearing Zhang Yuan say this, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The hotel dining cart arrived shortly afterwards.

The two of them ate a lot and opened a bottle of red wine.

"Just consider it a farewell drink." He finished the bottle and finished his meal.

Zhang Yuan pressed the old wound on her shoulder.

"You, usually, are quite human."

"What are you saying? When have I stopped being human?" Zhang Yuan replied while pressing.

"Not like in bed. It feels like it's going to eat me."

"Does your shoulder feel better now?"

"Ah."

"That's good. After eating, you should have regained some strength, right?"

"much better."

"I see it's getting late. Have you heard this saying?" Zhang Yuan smiled and put his cheek close to her.

"Free America, gun fights every day."

"It's actually quite dangerous to go out here at night."

"How about this, I'll book you a flight for tomorrow afternoon."

"For safety reasons, you stay one more night and leave tomorrow."

As he spoke, the hand that was massaging the other person's shoulder moved downward.

Yuan Quan: …

You went through so much trouble just to make me squat!

Huh...gulp.

Teacher Yuan swallowed.

Afraid, but also a little bit missing.

"Then I'll... stay one more night." After struggling with his thoughts, Teacher Yuan gave up.

"Come, drink some water first." Zhang Yuan handed him a large 1.2-liter mineral water bottle.

After all, women are made of water.

Silent all night.

There was not much talking, only screaming.

The next day, Zhang Yuan got up early to put on makeup and costume.

In Hollywood, if there is no special effects makeup that needs to start a few hours in advance, it would be six o'clock.

Eat and change clothes before seven o'clock, and then the makeup artist will do your makeup, ten minutes early, just arrive on the set before eight o'clock.

With this kind of schedule, Liu Qianqian would almost cry with envy.

In China, especially actresses in ancient costumes, all get up at 4 o'clock to put on makeup.

But that was in the past. Now, Xixi is as capable as Zhang Yuan and is able to include working hours clauses in the contract with the crew to guarantee rest.

He looked back before leaving.

Teacher Yuan was wrapped in a bed sheet and was sleeping.

After arriving at the set, I took over the scene after yesterday's rappelling.

The crew booked a section of elevated road and street to shoot the chase scene.

Today, Zhang Yuan finally felt a little tired from filming.

I ran back and forth on the street more than ten times in the morning.

However, there will be a 15-minute break before each rerun and reshoot.

So I wasn’t tired at all.

He was also given electrolyte and energy drinks such as Gatorade and Red Bull.

Even the assistant director said that if one feels tired, he has "medicine" that can boost his stamina.

Zhang Yuan: …

You foreigners really don’t know that I am the protagonist of CCTV’s anti-drug propaganda film!
He knew immediately that it was definitely not something legal.

Yes, Hollywood is a gathering place for old drug addicts.

On the contrary, the golden retriever guy I met at MJ's place a few days ago was very out of place. He never took medicine or flew leaves.

This guy doesn't even smoke, he just loves to drink Coke.

I just ran like this in the morning.

In the afternoon, I still ran, but now I ran in the elevated traffic.

There are some technical difficulties.

In the end, he was not allowed to go in person...

The insurance specialist is watching closely.

After letting an older brother from the Cheng family student team put on his clothes, he took over for a segment.

He only shot the connecting shots at both ends of the traffic.

There is also a shot of climbing over the gap between two elevated sections.

A professional stunt double was also called in to discuss how to put on the safety rope so as to avoid being exposed.

Zhang Yuan kept covering his face, he couldn't stand it anymore.

He asked his assistant to buy a cup of coffee, and told the insurance specialist that the crew needed to take a half-hour break, and asked him to go to his car to rest.

People thought that this yellow-skinned boy was quite polite, so they followed the host's wishes and went.

As soon as the other party left, Zhang Yuan came to director Ratner.

"Hurry up and turn on the machine!"

The cameraman was already prepared and was watching the director and the stand-in arguing.

You can start shooting right away as soon as the lens is opened.

call!
Zhang Yuan supported the guardrail of the viaduct with both hands and soared into the air as light as a swallow.

His body was like an arrow piercing the clouds. In just a moment, he crossed the gap of more than 20 meters above the ground, flew over a distance of more than two meters, and arrived at another viaduct.

"That's enough." After he finished dancing, he came to the director.

The director gave him a thumbs up.

One pass!

Not only did he accomplish his goal, but he did it very smoothly.

"Good job." Uncle Long also walked forward with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

"If I had the time, I would have finished filming it myself long ago."

"It was the same when I first came to Hollywood." Uncle Long heard him complaining and whispered in his ear, "These foreigners don't know what they're doing."

“I don’t know how to shoot action scenes at all.”

"You are good. You are willing to do it yourself and complete it so well. You have a bright future."

"It didn't embarrass us Chinese actors."

The reason why Uncle Long said this is actually because of the comparison.

He still takes good care of his own people.

In addition to the Cheng family team, they also took good care of Zhang Jingchu, who was in the same group.

But Zhang Yuan was not sure to what extent the "care" was provided.

Whether it is ordinary care or "care" like the one given to Kim Hee Sun during the filming of "Myth", only the parties involved know.

Anyway, when he was on the set, he greeted the director.

When shooting action scenes, we must wait until Miss Zhang is fully prepared, including mentally prepared, before we can begin.

Because Zhang Jing is not good at action scenes, especially when the difficulty is high, this one is indeed a bit laggy.

If it were in the country, I would have been scolded a long time ago.

In comparison, Zhang Yuan completed these movements with ease.

What mental preparation? I'm always prepared.

It only took him three minutes to finish a shot that took foreigners an hour to complete.

Uncle Long was of course happy to see this.

After all, it reminded him of how fearless he was when he was young.

Now it’s not a question of whether he is afraid or not, but his body is not as flexible and agile as before. There are many movements he wants to do but cannot do them beautifully.

Whenever he thought of this, Uncle Long disliked that black guy Chris Tucker.

If he hadn't kept dragging it out, he wouldn't have waited until he was so old to start filming the third part.

By the time the guy from the insurance company came out of the RV, the crew was already packing up.

"No more filming?"

"The filming is over."

"Oh, your crew is quite efficient."

It is still unknown whether Zhang Yuan attended the event personally.

Otherwise, I'll probably have to talk to the director again.

It’s still the same routine as usual: eat, exercise, and go back home.

When I opened the door and entered the room, I saw Teacher Yuan who had just come out of the bathroom and cleaned herself up.

It was almost sunset when he finally woke up.

I fainted several times last night because of shaking all over, and after I rested, I slept for the whole day.

When she woke up, she felt like she was living a new life.

The whole person is floating.

"Wake up, I ordered some food to replenish your energy."

"I want to go back to China..." Teacher Yuan just started to speak, but was interrupted by him.

"I know. I'll book a flight for you."

Let’s eat now.

After dinner, Zhang Yuan said as he rubbed Yuan Quan's shoulders while looking at the night sky outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel.

"Sister Quan, have you ever heard this sentence?"

"Free America..."

"Gunfights every day!" Yuan Quan responded immediately.

"Congratulations, you've learned how to answer quickly!" Zhang Yuan clapped his hands and said, "It's too dangerous to go out at night."

"So we're leaving during the day tomorrow. I've booked a daytime flight for you."

"Since you're leaving tomorrow, you can rest here with me tonight."

Yuan Quan: …

I am so familiar with your rhetoric.

"Give me a bottle of water first." She offered her hand.

"no problem."

Another night of silence, only screams...

(End of this chapter)