Actor: Thank you.

The earliest meaning of the word abstract is to describe the process of extracting the essential characteristics of things and discarding their non-essential characteristics.

This explanation itself is a bit abstract.

In later generations, the word "abstract" was used more often in China to refer to people or things that are unconventional and against common sense.

For example, when Li Lianjie calls himself the Kung Fu Emperor, that is an objective description.

Of course, he wouldn't say that about himself.

But when Xiang Zuo calls himself the Kung Fu Emperor, that is abstract.

The essence of the human abstract body is actually unawareness.

That's what the saying goes, no clue.

As a true abstract saint, Xiang Zuo is such a clueless person.

The things he did would be no problem if given to a real master or a handsome guy.

The essence of the problem is him as a person.

With his parents being so arrogant, it would be a miracle if they could raise a normal child.

"Is your arm fully healed?" Zhang Yuan asked kindly, standing behind him.

The tone is as gentle as a spring breeze.

But these words sounded as cold wind in Xiang Zuo's ears!

The injury on my arm was a fracture that I suffered when I was racing. It has healed a long time ago.

It would have been better if he didn't mention it. As soon as Zhang Yuan mentioned it, he felt a dull pain.

Because I have never suffered such a big loss since I was a child!

Although the long scar on Zhang Yuan's back has faded a lot.

Especially after the two "legendary endurance kings", Hu Ge and Kong Laosan of Deyuan Society, were snatched away, the number of people was reduced a lot.

However, what Zhang Yuan did not expect was that men’s scars have a special appeal to some women.

Some women think that scars make them look more manly and handsome, and they don’t like delicate and fair skin styles.

In short, Xiang Zuo had long forgotten that he had been stabbed on the back by him.

He only remembered that he was involved in a car accident during a racing event organized by Zhang Yuan and broke his arm.

And feel resentful afterwards because there is no way to retaliate.

There is no way to retaliate now.

Not only is there the Hao family, Zhang Yuan has also joined forces with so many Hong Kong companies.

Of course, the Xiang family’s Chinese star is not among them.

What a piece of crap! You are not qualified to cooperate with me at all.

Ever since Hong Kong was returned to China and the Xiang family was "whitewashed", their presence in the film and television industry has actually been declining.

Because the methods that made them rich are no longer useful.

Zhang Yuan's move to create a joint company with the Hong Kong circle will not only squeeze out part of the Diquan business, but also squeeze out their family's business.

However, when facing the imperial circle, Zhang Yuan still needs to win over China Film Group and Huaxia Film Group to be on guard.

As for Xiang Zuo’s family...Zhang Yuan didn’t take them seriously at all.

Zhang Yuan was very satisfied as he felt the other person's body trembling from his hands on his shoulders.

Well, very energetic!

now it's right.

"Zhanping, you're here."

"Zhang Yuan."

Li Lianjie arrived at this time.

One is a young man that he likes, and the other is an apprentice that he accepted to give face to the Xiang family and repay a favor.

He smiled on the surface, but he knew what was going on between the two of them.

"Everyone, please sit down. Stop standing."

"it is good."

Having to give face to Old Li, Zhang Yuan firmly sat in the front row.

Xu Jinglei pursed his lips when he saw this.

"You're not polite at all."

In meetings, seating order determines status.

I am one of the three male protagonists.

In the crew, apart from the director, two big brothers and the martial arts director Cheng Xiaodong, there are only four people older than me.

I just sat where I was supposed to sit.

Li Lianjie was not at all surprised by this.

But he gritted his teeth and looked left.

When we first met, Zhang Yuan was invited by Li Lianjie to make a guest appearance.

He was taken by his master to play a small role with a name.

Now several years have passed.

In this drama "The Warlords", I still play a small role with a name.

The bandit Shi Jinbiao he played was the military general who defected to the Taiping Army in the film and was killed or captured by Pang Qingyun after surrendering.

There are some shots.

But apart from the fact that it was written in the script and he himself knew it, the audience and even other people in the crew didn't care what his name was.

Just a small role.

He saw that Zhang Yuan, who had made a guest appearance in "Huo Yuanjia" that year, had already sat next to his master.

"Brother Hua, sit here."

He has a good relationship not only with his master, but also with Liu Dehua.

He was filled with envy and jealousy.

Zhang Yuan really likes his hateful yet helpless look.

Li Lianjie did his best to guide him.

But after more than ten years of debut, he is still an amateur when he returns.

It was an abstract movie that made him famous and helped him find his own track.

But he hasn't had the seizure yet, at most he has a little brain convulsion.

After everyone arrived, Chen Kexin put on her glasses, held up the script and began to make arrangements.

The screenwriter was also present and had to go over the script with everyone from the beginning.

After all, this industry not only has many desperate illiterate people, but also many unprofessional people.

Many actors not only cannot understand the script, but are also too lazy to read it.

Director Chen’s explanation is quite detailed.

This person is actually good at shooting delicate plots.

The famous crying scene in "Sweet Honey".

It was the scene where Maggie Cheung saw the Mickey Mouse tattoo on Eric Tsang's body in the morgue, and she first smiled, then covered her mouth and cried.

Many people said that this scene was a stroke of genius after Maggie Cheung burst into laughter, and the director edited it into the feature film.

But it’s actually a rumor.

Later, Chen Kexin was interviewed and Youku CEO Gu Yongqiang personally refuted the rumor during the interview.

This was his design, not a joke.

Also in “The Warlords”, he designed several scenes full of details, the most representative of which is the scene involving the three elders.

The script is written in great detail, down to the details of who each character should look at and what the next action will be.

But this thing is like the crosstalk between Guo and Yu.

There is a script, but when it comes to actual performance, it may not be done exactly as it is written.

We also have to pay attention to the interactions between the actors.

"The letter of allegiance is a way of sworn brotherhood, and it was very common in ancient times..." Director Chen said slowly.

Zhang Yuan held a pen and a small notebook.

Although he had already carefully studied the script and didn't need to rush, he still had to put on an act as a sign of respect for the director.

The earliest name of the letter of surrender should be "the letter of first name".

The official source cannot be verified, but if there is any written record, it has existed for hundreds of years.

The most famous one is "Water Margin".

Among them was the first leader of Liangshanpo, the narrow-minded and petty-minded "scholar in white" Wang Lun.

He was the one who was killed by Instructor Lin after Wu Yong added fuel to the fire.

When Instructor Lin went up the mountain, he was asked to hand in a "first place certificate".

Instructor Lin didn't understand at first, but after the explanation he realized that he was asked to go down the mountain to kill someone and bring back the head as a mark of joining the gang.

As for who was killed, we have no control over it.

Treat human life as worthless.

If you want to use a human head as a petition, it is called a head petition.

Later, as I read and talked about it, it became "投名狀", which is not just an elegant name, but also a nickname. In the script, Pang Qingyun, Zhao Erhu, and Jiang Wuyang submitted a petition, and they also killed three people.

The oath of blood was made, but the blood swore was someone else's blood.

As the saying goes, "I would rather learn from the three sworn brothers in Peach Garden than from the one incense burning in Wagang."

Everyone is familiar with the Three Heroes of Peach Garden. Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lived and died together, started a business together, and died one after another.

He is a representative figure of Chinese friendship.

The story of "A Burner of Incense in Wagang" refers to the story in "The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties" where the forty-six friends of Wagang, led by Qin Qiong, burned incense and swore brotherhood in Jialiu Tower.

But later on, this group of people fell apart because of their own interests and ambitions, and the incense leader withdrew.

So having more people is useless, the more people there are, the more chaotic it becomes.

The story of "The Warlords" is basically the reverse of "Liu, Guan and Zhang".

And it just happens to correspond to three people.

Pang Qingyun versus Uncle Liu.

Zhao Erhu versus Guan Erye.

Jiang Wuyang and Mr. Zhang Sanye, both of them reacted to things that happened by saying "Me too".

Talk from the story to the characters, and from the characters to the background.

No one knows whether Chen Kexin has the ability to film this kind of costume drama which he has never been involved in.

But Zhang Yuan was clear about one thing.

As a Hong Kong native, he does not have any of the bad habits of some screenwriters and directors in the entertainment industry.

That is to help Manqing clear his name.

Most of the domestic film and television works that have anything to do with "pigtails" come from the imperial circle, and they will more or less whitewash the old guard and their ancestors.

However, Chen Kexin is from Hong Kong, and the main screenwriters Xu Lan and Qin Tiannan, one is from Shanghai and the other is also from Hong Kong.

None were from the North.

The people of Hong Kong may flatter the West, but they will never flatter the Qing.

Therefore, in this drama, almost all the characters related to the Qing Dynasty are villains.

From the Buddha to the three important ministers, and then to the soldiers and generals below, basically all of them are villains.

All of them are destroying lives without any scruples for their own benefit.

On the contrary, the Taiping Army general committed suicide and surrendered for the sake of the people in the city, which brought the climax of the whole film and was also a turning point, that is, the killing of the surrendered generals in Xiang Zuo's scene.

This scene has a prototype.

It is the famous "Li Hongzhang killing the surrendered soldiers in Suzhou"!
This "Qing Dynasty paperhanger" joined forces with the British Gordon to besiege Suzhou.

It truly lived up to the famous Qing Dynasty saying, "It is better to be friendly with foreign nations than with domestic slaves."

However, these words were not said by the old witch, but by the Grand Secretary Gangyi.

Ironically, it was this man named Gangyi who overturned the verdict on "Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai".

Later, he was the one who supervised the execution of the "Six Gentlemen of the Wuxu Reform".

However, it was indeed Cixi who said "measure the material resources of China and win the favor of other countries."

Anyway, eight Taiping generals surrendered.

Li Hongzhang held the Hongmen Banquet and prepared executioners to smash cups as a signal to kill these eight people.

Afterwards, at least 20,000 soldiers and civilians from Gusu were massacred.

These are only the deaths from the massacre, not to mention those who died during the looting and robbery after entering the city.

The film is already very restrained.

And after killing the surrendered soldiers, Li Hongzhang's Huai Army was the first to enter the city and burn, kill and loot.

There is a saying in ancient times that "bandits pass by like combs, and soldiers pass by like rakes."

A comb is also a kind of comb, but it has denser teeth.

The bandits just rob and run away, but when the soldiers come, they will take away both the people and the livestock.

This sentence is the most appropriate to describe the Qing army.

Because of the looting by the Huai Army, the Ever-Victorious Army led by Gordon, which entered the city later, gained much less.

The foreigner was so angry that he filed a complaint and also notified media from various countries.

The news of Li Hongzhang's massacre of his own people was reported in foreign newspapers.

Later, the Qing court spent a lot of money and gave the other party at least 7 silver dollars to settle the matter.

There is a thousand-year-old ancient city in our own country.

They joined forces with foreigners to massacre civilians, and in the end they had to pay compensation to the other side because they did not rob enough.

It would be unjust if this kind of court was not destroyed.

So Zhang Yuan totally couldn't understand why some people on the Internet were whitewashing and defending Li Hongzhang, and even saying that he saved China.

After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Ito Hirobumi personally named this person to negotiate, which is actually very telling.

Can a person that the enemy likes be the savior of the country?
The Bismarck of the East...

Bismarck's methods were cruel and dark.

But it also established some of the world's first workers' pension, health insurance and social security systems.

Comparing the two together is the greatest disrespect to Bismarck.

When Old Bi heard this, he would probably be so angry that he would sit up from his coffin.

As for the incident of killing the surrendered soldiers in Gusu, in the entire film and television industry, there is only one person who has mentioned it, and it has almost only appeared in "The Warlords".

So Zhang Yuan felt that Chen Kexin’s filming this time was quite authentic.

And in the script, after Zhao Erhu agreed to Pang Qingyun's proposal to "join the army", he said...

"As a bandit, we want to be the biggest!"

Joining the army means becoming the biggest bandit, the meaning is very clear.

The crew members of this drama, from top to bottom, are almost all Han people, especially the main creative team.

At least the film tells the story in a fair manner.

For this reason alone, it is worth coming to film.

Deng!
Zhang Yuan was thinking about how to portray the little people under the oppression of the Qing Dynasty.

Then a muffled sound was heard in the conference room.

"Tsk!"

At the same time, he heard Li Lianjie beside him make a sound of dissatisfaction.

Then glance sideways.

It turned out that Xiang Zuo had just fallen asleep and hit his head on the conference table.

Chen Kexin showed a helpless look on her face. She glanced at Li Lianjie and continued doing what she was doing without saying a word.

Old Li frowned.

It's like trying to help a piece of rotten wood.

"Um... Zhan Ping, help me get a cup of tea."

Find an excuse to get him up so he can wake up slowly.

Zhang Yuan tried to hold back his laughter.

Is he a dear master or a spoiled child?

But that sound just now sounded like an unripe watermelon.

I guess this guy's brain is all muscle, not much brain matter left.

Li Lianjie was also a little embarrassed and added another sentence.

"We've been talking for a long time. My eyes are tired. How about taking a break?"

I'm also giving compensation to my apprentice.

"Okay, let's take a break." Chen Kexin is quite a good person. She sees things clearly but doesn't say anything.

"Zhang Yuan, you have to work harder tomorrow."

"The crew hasn't finished preparing the rest of the set yet, so we have to shoot your scenes first."

"Okay, which one?" He didn't care and just followed the director's instructions.

"The last one."

Zhang Yuan opened the script, flipped through it from back to front, and saw it immediately.

Then he swallowed.

His character Jiang Wuyang is the last of the three brothers to die.

And his last scene was Ling Chi!

"Director, you have to give me some more big red envelopes."

"It was such a tragic death."

"No problem, one by one, okay?" Chen Kexin joked.

I feel a little excited when I think that I will become “sashimi” tomorrow.

He has never filmed this kind of scene before and doesn't know how it will be shot.

However, he found out the next day.

And once I knew it, I knew it for three whole days... (End of this chapter)