Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 162: Fighting against an international superstar

He attended the opening ceremony at noon, and in the afternoon on the set, Qin Chuan sat on a bench while Tony, the barber, shaved his head with a clipper.

After a buzzing sound of electricity, Qin Chuan's hair was split into two. The front half turned gray, but the back half was still there. After putting on a wig and braids, he became Jiang Wuyang's character.

"Brother, please help me push all of them."

Looking in the mirror, Qin Chuan said.

Although I had to wear a wig when filming, the half hair left on the top of my head looked a bit weird, like a yin-yang head, and it was ugly.

It would be better to just shave your head completely so that it would be more convenient to put on the wig.

"Teacher, are you sure?"

"determine."

Three minutes later, Qin Chuan touched his bald head, looked at himself in the mirror, and grinned.

His hair is gone, but he is still handsome. As expected, the standard for testing whether a guy is handsome is a bald head.

After wiping his head with a towel, Qin Chuan's first thing was to find a martial arts instructor to learn the moves.

"Coach Cheng!"

Before he got close, Qin Chuan took out a cigarette and handed it to Cheng Xiaodong.

The two had worked together before, several years ago. It was on the set of A Chinese Ghost Story. He played the role of the Seven Nights Sage Lord and Cheng Xiaodong was the martial arts instructor of that show.

"You know how to smoke now." Cheng Xiaodong took the cigarette and lit it.

"I can't help it. I'm under a lot of pressure." Qin Chuan smoked one with him, and the two began to puff. "We meet again. It's fate."

Cheng Xiaodong sighed: "Yes, I didn't expect to work with you again. When I saw your name on the cast list, I couldn't believe it."

A few years ago, when filming A Chinese Ghost Story, Qin Chuan was just an ordinary supporting actor. If Li Huizhu and Cheng Shisan hadn't given him more scenes, he would have been inconspicuous.

In just a few years, he has performed on the Spring Festival Gala, released an album, and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards.

The first movie he made in his life was a collaboration with Stephen Chow, and the second was a collaboration with Chen Kexin. With such luck and resources, who wouldn’t say it’s awesome?

For others, acting is like fighting monsters and leveling up, working themselves to death and climbing up step by step.

Qin Chuan, on the other hand, used cheats and cleared the level with one life.

"Hahaha, I'm lucky." Qin Chuan asked with a smile: "Coach Cheng, what weapon did you design for me this time?"

Cheng Xiaodong glanced at him and said, "Chen Kexin said that you are good at shooting. I have prepared a few moves for you. Try them first and get a feel for them."

"No problem." With a cigarette between his lips, Qin Chuan looked around, found a prop gun, took it in his hand and shook it to make a gun flower. After getting used to the weight, he said, "Come on, how do you shoot?"

Cheng Xiaodong threw the cigarette butt on the ground, picked up a rifle, and practiced several sets of shooting techniques on the open ground.

They are all common moves, not difficult.

The slightly more difficult moves are some that require mid-air twists, backward bends, counter-stabbing, and somersaults.

Dancing with the spear, Qin Chuan copied Cheng Xiaodong's movements exactly. Due to their age difference, he performed some difficult movements more beautifully than Cheng Xiaodong.

After finishing a set of moves, the cigarette was still in his mouth and was firmly in his mouth.

Cheng Xiaodong exclaimed: "You are really born to do this. You have figured out the path of a martial arts actor."

Qin Chuan took a final puff and flicked the cigarette butt away before putting away his gun and saying, "Coach Cheng, you're too kind. I started out as a martial arts stuntman, and my kung fu is OK, but I still prefer literary dramas."

Action scenes are no longer difficult for him, and he would like to challenge various different roles like Tony Leung Ka Fai.

Of course, the main reason is that the action scenes are too tiring.

Except for apples.

That's not tiring, you can have more.

Cheng Xiaodong crossed his arms over his chest and said sourly, "Not bad, you have ambition. You can win awards for literary dramas, but not for martial arts dramas."

Qin Chuan smiled awkwardly and said, "Director Cheng, that's not what I meant. The main reason is that martial arts scenes are not very challenging for me. It's hard to meet a pure martial arts director, and it's not easy to find an opponent who can fight."

Looking across the country, there are not many directors who specialize in shooting martial arts films, and there are only a few who have their own personal style. These directors may not shoot a movie for several years.

But what Cheng Xiaodong said makes sense.

Martial arts films don’t win awards.

Jackie Chan is so awesome! He has made it into Hollywood and his name is known all over the world.

But he has never won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards.

Li Lianjie, known as the Kung Fu Emperor, has never won the Best Actor award.

It can be seen that kung fu movies are indeed unpopular in major awards.

In this film, Li Lianjie has transformed himself. There are a lot of literary dialogues, but the fighting scenes are minimal, with only a few scenes in total.

"I'm here to play with you."

Speak of the devil, and here comes Li Lianjie, smiling and walking over.

He had a braid at the back of his head and wore brocade clothes. If he were ten years younger and ten pounds thinner, he would look exactly like Huang Feihong himself.

"Brother Jie." Qin Chuan greeted.

Li Lianjie nodded and said, "Let me try your Iron Wire Fist. Let's fight a few moves."

Qin Chuan was eager to try: "Okay, no problem."

At this moment, Li Lianjie thought that since he dared to agree, it meant that he knew what to do and there wouldn't be any big problem.

Qin Chuan thought that since he dared to challenge, it meant that he was quite capable and could fight, so there wouldn't be any problems.

Cheng Xiaodong was a little confused and didn't understand why these two people were about to fight.

"Wait, what's so good about this?"

He has worked with both of these people before, so how could he not know whether they have any kung fu skills?

Although Li Lianjie was nicknamed the Kung Fu Emperor, he was just a show-off. When he was young, he relied on his good physical fitness and learned some boxing, so he had no problem fighting ordinary people one-on-one.

You're already over 40 now, so you shouldn't be able to fight anymore, right?
Qin Chuan is in his twenties and is in the prime of his physical condition. It can be seen from his marksmanship just now that he has a very good physique. The two of them are twenty years apart in age, so there is no comparison at all.

Li Lianjie said: "He is the successor of Iron Wire Fist. I want to try out real Kung Fu."

He has been learning martial arts for decades, but he has only seen a few real kung fu masters, and those he has seen can easily display their skills.

It's so hard to see one, how can I not give it a try.

Qin Chuan was excited: "I also want to see Brother Jie's kung fu."

This is Li Lianjie, a Chinese Kung Fu superstar, so his Kung Fu must be very good.

"Well, you two should be careful and stop at that time." Cheng Xiaodong did not persuade them anymore, but just reminded them to be careful.

After the two sides looked at each other, Qin Chuan and Li Lianjie distanced themselves.

Each of them took up their boxing stance.

Qin Chuan's style is Iron Wire Fist, while Li Lianjie's is a bit like Sanda.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, but no one made the first move.

In the end, Li Lianjie was eager to see the kung fu, so he took the initiative, slid forward, and kicked Qin Chuan in the face.

Qin Chuan did not move, but leaned back slightly to avoid the kick, then took a step forward and punched out.

Li Lianjie blocked his chest with his hands and took a few steps back.

I just felt my arms were numb and a little painful.

The next second, a black shadow flashed before his eyes and he was hit in the face with a whip-like kick.

The kick made his eyes go black, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

My head was dizzy and my nose felt a little hot. When I touched it, I found that it was bleeding.

"Fuck you!"

"Fuck!" Cheng Xiaodong and Qin Chuan cursed at the same time, and then went forward to check the situation.

"Brother Jie, are you okay?" Qin Chuan was even more panicked than Cheng Xiaodong. He didn't expect the Kung Fu Emperor to be so vulnerable. This was just one move, too weak.

He thought Li Lianjie was a master.

Li Lianjie shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "It's okay. Give me a piece of paper. How come you are so good at fighting?"

Many people in the crew were paying attention to this side. When they saw Li Lianjie lying on the ground with blood all over his face, they all gathered around and soon there was a large crowd watching.

"Oh no, Brother Jie was beaten by Qin Chuan and is bleeding."

"Oh no! Brother Jie had his nose broken by Qin Chuan."

"Have you heard that Li Lianjie fainted?"

The story became more and more outrageous. When it reached Chen Kexin's ears, the version was that Li Lianjie was beaten so badly by Qin Chuan that he vomited blood and fell into a coma.

He was so scared that he immediately ran over to ask what happened. When he learned that they were just sparring with each other, Li Lianjie felt relieved only after his nose bled a little.

Then he criticized Qin Chuan.

This was the leading actor he had spent 100 million to hire. If anything happened to him, even if he broke Qin Chuan's kidney he would not be able to compensate him.

Fortunately, Li Lianjie helped to put in some good words and the matter was finally settled.

In the next few days, Li Lianjie, who was still addicted to fighting, wanted to challenge Qin Chuan again, but this time Qin Chuan refused to fight.

He had figured out that Li Lianjie didn't have any real kung fu skills and was just interested in traditional martial arts.

……

Director Chen Kexin originally planned to shoot the first scene in a week.

As it was his first time doing martial arts and he lacked experience, the shoot lasted for a month.

They only filmed one scene a month, which was so slow that Qin Chuan and Liu Dehua were exhausted.

The two of them quietly hid their ID cards.

Wang Jiawei once filmed Ashes of Time for several years. He was afraid that the actors would run away and even confiscated their passports.

The filming location of The Warlords was in the country, so you don’t need a passport, but your ID card is still very useful.

If a play takes several years to complete, and by then your ID card is gone, you’ll have to travel thousands of miles back home in an RV or bus.

"I told you, you can't shoot it like this. It won't work at all. It's a martial arts scene, so just shoot the big scenes. Why are you focusing on the small details?"

"The feeling I want is to see the big picture from the small, so that there is a sense of power and the cruelty of the battlefield is highlighted."

"But it turns out that your idea doesn't work. If we continue to shoot it this way, it will take us three years to finish it."

A scene took a month to shoot. The first person to complain was not the actors, but the martial arts instructor Cheng Xiaodong. He quit.

This was the umpteenth quarrel he and Chen Kexin had had in the past month.

In the end, neither of them could convince the other, so they just took their own photos.

There were a total of fifteen assistant directors in the crew, divided into two groups for separate shooting.

Qin Chuan was assigned to Cheng Xiaodong's side.

"Prepare!"

"action!"

At Cheng Xiaodong's command, more than 300 extras began to fight.

There was an aerial camera overhead, with several cameras circling Qin Chuan on the battlefield.

Holding a spear, he began to fight.

He rushed forward, shooting one enemy after another with his spears. When the spears got stuck in the enemy's bodies and couldn't be pulled out, he used his fists and knives picked up from the ground.

Previously, Chen Kexin took a month to shoot a scene, but with Cheng Xiaodong, it only took two days to shoot a scene.

The one who had a harder time was Qin Chuan, who had to shoot both Cheng Xiaodong and Chen Kexin, running back and forth between the two.

Chen Kexin takes her time to produce fine results. Almost every action has to be filmed in a separate take. Her speed is very slow and a fight scene takes a long time to shoot.

During the whole process, the person who felt the most comfortable was Li Lianjie.

He has more literary scenes and fewer martial arts scenes. Most of the time he is in dialogue and there is very little fighting.

The second is Andy Lau, who also doesn’t perform many martial arts scenes.

The one who performed the most martial arts scenes was Qin Chuan, who had the lowest pay. There was fighting in almost every scene, and the shooting was done from morning to night.

Because it simulated an ancient battlefield, every fight involved rolling on the ground and fighting, and after finishing a scene the actors were covered in dirt and there was not a single spot on their bodies that was clean.

She was wearing heavy armor, and every time she took off her makeup, she could wring water out of the vest underneath.

Although there are many fighting scenes, they are all within the scope of his job, and he has never used Nuo props for rehearsal since joining the crew.

Everyone almost forgets that he is also a drama actor.

Until the 45th day of enrollment.

The eldest brother Pang Qingyun took the second brother Zhao Erhu's wife to have sex on a boat trip, and they were seen by Jiang Wuyang.

Qin Chuan stood on the shore and looked at Li Lianjie.

The two of them didn't have a single line of dialogue, they just acted with expressions and eye contact.

Li Lianjie slowly lowered the curtain, his eyes full of ferocity, which contained both murderous intent and warning.

Qin Chuan opened his mouth slightly, looking at the scene in disbelief. In just two or three seconds, his expression changed several times.

He suspected that it was his second sister-in-law who seduced his eldest brother, and that his eldest brother had his own reasons, but when he saw the look in his eldest brother's eyes, he suspected that it might be his eldest brother who took the initiative. He felt mixed emotions and didn't dare to believe it, but he had to believe it.

Zhao Erhu is his second brother and his best brother, and they are friends for life.

Pang Qingyun was the person he admired and revered the most. He would obey his orders unconditionally.

Now that the eldest brother and the second sister-in-law are getting together, his worldview has collapsed a bit. How will the three brothers get along in the future? He is entangled, helpless, in pain, and struggling.

"Click, pass!"

After Chen Kexin shouted, Li Lianjie came over to watch the replay. He watched the replay of every scene.

This time, he was very satisfied with his performance.

After more than 20 years in the industry, Pang Qingyun is the most complicated role he has ever played.

But as he watched, he realized something was wrong.

"Qin Chuan's acting skills are quite something."

On the shore, Qin Chuan looked at him without saying a word, but the expression and eyes seemed to say everything.

Yes, you can tell Qin Chuan’s inner thoughts just by looking at his expression.

Chen Kexin joked: "Qin Chuan is not simple, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards, have you ever won one?"

Qin Chuan's performance was unexpected. He was unexpectedly good at fighting and acting.

The filming has been going on for so long, and most of the martial arts scenes fell on Qin Chuan, who fought vividly and in full compliance with his requirements and standards.

It can be said that Qin Chuan is the martial arts leader in this play.

He is also good in literary drama, as he comes from a Jianghu background and is not inferior to the two veteran actors Li Lianjie and Liu Dehua.

You know, he is only twenty-three years old.

This time he is only playing the third male lead. If he is the first male lead, with a lot of scenes, a good role, a good script, and a good director, Qin Chuan will definitely have the ability to become the best actor.

Li Lianjie laughed: "I haven't taken it."

After many years of debut, he has not been well received by the mainstream media.

He has never won a Hong Kong Film Award.

He has never won the Best Supporting Actor award, let alone been nominated, because he has never played a supporting role since his debut. He was the lead in his first movie, and he has been the lead until today.

(End of this chapter)