Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 304 Baby’s Sleep
The publicity before filming achieved very significant results.

Many media reports and discussions revolved around Chen Linfeng's new film, but the content of the reports and discussions was a bit controversial.

This continues to drive up discussion of the new film.

Movie fans don’t care about all this. So far, there has been no mistakes in Xiao Chen’s works, and everyone is looking forward to seeing the new action movie he describes.

This is especially true for action and martial arts fans.

In recent years, although the decline of ancient costume martial arts themes is not yet very obvious, the feeling of boredom in people's hearts has already existed, which is also an important reason for the subsequent decline of kung fu films.

It would be a good thing if Xiao Chen could really come up with something new.

The hardcore fans are amazed at Chen's diligence this year.

"I filmed a TV series at the beginning of the year, released a novel before that, and am now working non-stop on a movie. I'll be able to watch it by the end of this year or early next year. I feel like life has become more hopeful."

It was the beginning of May and the crew of "Police Incident" had completed all preparations and was about to start filming.

There is nothing much to say about the regular opening ceremony and press conference.

It is worth mentioning that the production cost of this film was finally set at 3500 million.

The actors' pay does not account for a large proportion of the film's total cost; the main expenses are still in the set props and labor, as well as post-production publicity.

Because there are no core big-name stars to serve as a publicity fulcrum, the campaign is currently centered around director Chen Linfeng.

The biggest fear of non-blockbuster movies is that they fail silently, and the audience doesn't even know whether the story is good or not.

Therefore, marketing will be more critical.

Back to the crew, Chen Linfeng first shot the easier shots and spent two days getting used to the new scenes. Then everyone got into the right state and the first action scene was just around the corner.

This wasn't a big scene; the protagonist Ma Dong just subdued one or two petty thieves.

"The key is to show Ma Dongli's powerful characteristics. It should be noted that he is the absolute number one in terms of martial arts in the film, and this should be reflected in everything."

Chen Linfeng explained the key points to Zhang Jincheng.

He is the martial arts instructor of the crew, and his style is more realistic.

In contrast, there is another martial arts director, Sun Mengfei, who often works with Chen Linfeng. His style is more elegant and beautiful. "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" is the work of Sun Mengfei.

Zhang Jincheng nodded. As soon as he received the task, he began to think about how to design the actions.

"Director, do you think this will work?"

He assigned an action actor to come over and the two of them performed set moves.

The opponent swung his fist, and Zhang Jincheng grabbed the opponent's arm with one hand, twisted his hand, and broke the opponent's arm.

Chen Linfeng shook his head. "This move can be used later, but the first scene is to show the hero's style, so it has to be more distinct."

"More vivid..."

Zhang Jincheng scratched his head in distress.

"How about this, I'll show you."

Chen Linfeng called the action actor and asked him to follow the routine again.

The actor still swung his fist, but his movements were not fast.

Chen Linfeng dodged and then opened his palm and slapped the other person in the face.

Of course, he didn't really do it and stopped in front of her face.

"It's a simple pattern where he attacks, I dodge, and then hit back. The key is the effect. When Ma Dong hits his opponent, he usually falls straight to the ground. I call it 'falling into a baby's sleep'."

Chen Linfeng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Jiang Wu who was standing beside him, "Do you understand?"

Jiang Wu grinned, "I understand. Director, what you said is simple."

Chen Linfeng turned to look at Zhang Jincheng who was thinking, "Don't worry too much. In the whole movie, only Bao Qiang and Wang Qianyuan can fight for more rounds. The others basically finish the battle in one round."

Zhang Jincheng didn't expect the director's idea to be like this. He wondered, "The villain must be very powerful to be able to fight Ma Dong."

"You're thinking the wrong way. You don't need to design it too much. For the fight scene where Wang Qianyuan is fighting, you can design him to use weapons and surrounding props, while Ma Dong is using his bare hands."

"Oh, I understand, Director."

After Zhang Jincheng understood it, he discussed with his brothers around him about how the action actors should cooperate in this scene.

After a while, he found Jiang Wu again and the two sides exchanged some preliminary moves.

Chen Linfeng is not in a hurry at all. The plot of this drama is very exciting, and the male lead is so powerful that he can overwhelm everyone. The whole process is designed to make the audience happy.

Then the action scenes are the top priority, and it’s okay to take it slow.

Afterwards, both parties completed their preparations and conducted a test shoot.

Two people playing the role of gangsters are fighting, and Ma Dong, played by Jiang Wu, steps forward to stop them.

As the saying goes, those who try to stop a fight are likely to get beaten, and both of them came towards Ma Dong.

One of them rushed forward with a dagger in his hand. Ma Dong dodged sideways, then spread out his five fingers, swung his arm and slapped the other person, who fell straight down.

Seeing this, the other gangster still wanted to resist.

Ma Dong grabbed one of his arms with his right hand and pushed him to the ground by pressing the back of his neck with his left hand, making him unable to move.

"Director, how about this part?" Zhang Jincheng asked.

Chen Linfeng didn't reply, but just gave a thumbs up. Zhang Jincheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Director Chen is never angry on normal days, his power is obviously increasing.

Although he has been following Chen Shantong for a long time, he is still cautious now.

The test shoot was a success and the next step was the formal shooting.

Chen Linfeng directed each group with ease and familiarity, feeling very comfortable with the task.

Commercial films are simpler, you don’t have to put too much effort into them, and you don’t have to focus too much on the actors’ performances.

The main reason is that the main actors in the crew are too easy to worry about. Jiang Wu, Wang Qianyuan, and Wang Baoqiang all came from literary drama backgrounds and each of them has the level of a movie emperor, so of course there is no need to worry about their acting skills.

A few days later, Han Shanping came to the crew to check on the situation.

Chen Linfeng took him around to look around and took two photos on the spot.

Han Shanping felt a little relieved when he saw that the crew was running smoothly.

He recently read media reports and found that many people were skeptical, and he also had this feeling to some extent.

However, Xiao Chen had good control over the crew, so he didn't say much, just praised them.

"Your method is good. The integration of the crew is almost the same as those of the big directors. Everyone under you works very smoothly."

"Hey, after all, we've filmed so many scenes together, we can't still be like a newbie." Chen Linfeng waved his hand, indicating that this was nothing.

Han Shanping chatted with the crew for a while, then asked, "Have you heard about the news that the higher-ups are going to make a New Year's film for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China?"

"Well, I heard that this is not your responsibility, right?"

Chen Linfeng asked curiously, "Why are you talking about this?"

Han Shanping asked tentatively, "Look, I have an idea to invite many celebrities in the circle to star in a film about the founding period. What do you think? Do you want to join?"

"Of course, I will definitely contribute to celebrating the motherland's birthday."

What Chen Linfeng wondered was, if they just wanted to get him to act in "Founding of a Republic", was it necessary to be so careful?

Han Shanping was delighted when he heard this. "That's great. I'll arrange an important role for you, Chang Jingguo. How about that?"

Chen Linfeng finally understood what the other party was planning.

He refused angrily, "No, just arrange someone to cook for me, it will be better than this."

Han Shanping knew this would happen, but he still wanted to make amends.

"How can you, Xiao Chen, light the fire and cook? The role of Chang Jingguo is very important, so we need to find a young actor to play it. I can't think of anyone else except you."

"Which one of Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun is not good enough? I just want to play my own character. I have no interest in KMT."

"Okay, I knew it would be like this. Fine, just pretend I never said anything. I'll find another role for you later."

Chen Linfeng felt that this matter today was strange, so he asked, "Boss Han, why do you want me to play him?"

"Hey, this is a move that some leader above me came up with. They said that the Taiwan side likes you and wants you to play a key figure in the KMT, which can better express goodwill."

"Fuck, is this stupid?" Chen Linfeng felt like swearing.

"Who says it's not?" Han Shanping also felt that there were some flaws.

"If you don't want to, forget it. I can't force you to do this. I'm just here as a representative to inquire about the situation."

Chen Linfeng felt that he had truly witnessed biodiversity.

He didn't hesitate and said directly, "How about you, Mr. Han, just assign me a role right now, so I don't have to worry about it later."

Han Shanping thought so too. Although Xiao Chen looked easy to talk to, he was actually quite vengeful. It would be better for him to decide on the role early so that he could feel at ease.

"The senior roles in the party are generally quite old, so it's hard to assign you a role. Why don't you play a literary role, which happens to be in line with your real identity."

Chen Linfeng held his chin and thought about it. It was a pity that Mr. Lu Xun had passed away by then, otherwise he would really like to try it, this great writer who said everything.

Lu, Guo, Mao, Ba, Lao Cao, after Lu Xun, it is Guo Moruo, or this one is also fine.

However, after Chen Linfeng told Han Shanping his idea, he shook his head.

"Mr. Guo, your reputation isn't very good right now. I think you can change someone else."

I say this out of genuine concern for Xiao Chen's own good. What kind of unofficial history have been spread online?

Chen Linfeng sneered, "Humph, you want to discredit that person by throwing dirty water on Mr. Guo, do you think I don't know this?"

If I don’t have the chance to play that role, there’s nothing wrong with playing this one.

He rebelled, "I just like this one."

Han Shanping said helplessly, "Well, I've tried to persuade you in vain. If you want to act, you can act. It's not a big deal anyway."

After finishing the discussion, they had a meal together and Chen Linfeng continued filming his own play.

The next few days were peaceful and smooth, during which time Chen Linfeng received a call from Sister Mei.

In addition to the smooth progress of the acquisition, she also talked about the Olympic torch relay that has attracted widespread attention in the country recently.

Chen Linfeng was selected as the torchbearer for the Central Plains section and is expected to arrive at the end of July, when he will need to run a section.

This is a good thing, so of course I will decisively follow it.

(End of this chapter)