Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 369 Senior Brother, look at you! You've hurt so many people without even realizing it!
A small courtyard with earthen walls, a film set with bamboo houses.

This is Shen Lian's house in the drama. As a dignified commander of the Imperial Guard, he doesn't even have a decent place to live.

Qi Hui changed into his costume and waited with his embroidered spring knife in his arms. The crew was setting up everything needed for filming.

At this moment, Chen Duling also changed into her costume and walked out of the dressing room. Her indigo Hanfu was adorned with a few yellow petals, making her look elegant and graceful.

This girl is perfect in every way except for her chest and being a little thin... Qi Hui couldn't help but take a couple of glances before quickly looking away.

the other side.

Chen Duling sensed something and turned her head to look at the gaze that had just fallen on her.

She saw Qi Hui, but she didn't see Qi Hui looking at her.

He was spying on her… the girl’s intuition told her.

Chen Duling didn't feel angry; instead, she felt a surge of joy and excitement.

"Attention all departments, prepare to begin filming." Lu Yang shouted through a megaphone: "Unrelated personnel, leave the area."

"Actors in position."

Upon hearing the sound, Qi Hui and Chen Duling quickly moved to their filming positions.

This scene is a dialogue scene. Zhou Miaotong, played by Chen Duling, comes to find Shen Lian, but her purpose is not to have a secret rendezvous. Instead, she wants Shen Lian to help rescue Young Master Yan, who is imprisoned in the imperial prison.

To rescue Young Master Yan, Zhou Miaotong was willing to give everything, including herself.

At this moment, Shen Lian had already obtained the Ministry of Justice documents to redeem Zhou Miaotong, as well as enough silver, and would soon be able to bring Zhou Miaotong out of the brothel.

Then, I'll take Zhou Miaotong south and leave the capital, this place of trouble.

"Come on, scene 101, shot 1, first take, action!"

The clapperboard is down, action begins!
The living room has an eight-immortal table.

Qi Hui, playing the role of Shen Lian, slowly presented a memorial, which was the Ministry of Justice's redemption document.

"For you."

"Where did this document come from?" Zhou Miaotong asked slowly, her eyes lowered.

"I'm going to redeem you today." Shen Lian replied, seemingly changing the subject, "I'm leaving the capital. Come with me."

"These are your conditions for redeeming me..."

"Cut!" Lu Yang suddenly called out, "Chen Duling, something's wrong with your mood."

Chen Duling was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath and slowly nodded.

Lu Yang waited for about a minute before continuing to take pictures.

"Is this your condition for redeeming me?"

"Click! Still not right." Lu Yang shouted:
"Zhou Miaotong is currently depressed and worried; she is afraid and resentful when facing Shen Lian."

"Look at you, your eyes are shining, you practically want to stick to Qi Hui, you're almost a lovesick fool."

Chen Duling's face flushed red instantly. She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Well, we can't keep filming now... Lu Yang looked at Chen Duling's flushed face on the monitor and couldn't help but sigh.

Senior brother, look at yourself! You've hurt so many people without even realizing it!

"Everyone take a break. Chen Duling, take a rest."

"Get it sorted out before I get back."

Lu Yang put down his headphones, got up, and left.

This dialogue scene is only a small part of today's filming schedule; the action scenes are the main focus of today's shooting.

He went over there to take a look and check the situation.

At the octagonal table, Chen Duling took several deep breaths and couldn't help but pat her face to clear her somewhat confused mind.

"Is there anything you don't understand?" Qi Hui asked, "About the characters."

"This..." Seeing Qi Hui's businesslike demeanor, Chen Duling's romantic feelings subsided somewhat, and she slowly nodded: "A little."

"Tell me?"

“Zhou Miaotong has her own lover, and because of Shen Lian’s status as a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, she dares not offend him, nor dares she refuse him,” Chen Duling said slowly.

"But why is Shen Lian so... so tolerant of Zhou Miaotong?"

She couldn't understand Shen Lian's feelings for Zhou Miaotong.

If she were Shen Lian, she would have already taken revenge. That Young Master Yan deserves to die ten times over.

But Shen Lian not only didn't do that, he even agreed to Zhou Miaotong's request to rescue Young Master Yan.

How come the dignified Embroidered Uniform Guard is acting like a green-haired turtle?
“This…” Qi Hui stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and then said, “I’ll tell you after filming is finished.”

“Telling you now won’t do you any good for filming.”

"Brotherhood of Blades II" is a prequel to "Brotherhood of Blades I". Shen Lian's true love interest is Zhou Miaotong's older sister, Miao Xuan.

That's the one played by Yang Mi. The reason he's so protective of Zhou Miaotong is simply because he's taking care of his wife's younger sister.

It was not the kind of romantic relationship that outsiders perceived.

However, after thinking it over, Qi Hui decided not to tell Chen Duling.

As he said, knowing this wouldn't do her any good in terms of acting.

Moreover, how should he explain it? Lu Yang, the director and screenwriter, didn't even fully understand the previous work.

"Ah... okay." Chen Duling was a little disappointed, not expecting Qi Hui's answer to be like this.

After saying that, Qi Hui got up and left, leaving Chen Duling to adjust herself.

If I'm not in good shape, then this scene might be delayed.

……

rest area.

Qi Hui looked at his phone. The box office of "My Old Classmate" had fluctuated, but the overall trend was still good.

The newly released opening week box office figures are over 200 million.

There wasn't a single competitive film in the same period, and "My Old Classmate" was far ahead.

However, there is a familiar movie at the same time: the 3D special effects blockbuster "Iceman" starring Donnie Yen, Wang Baoqiang, and Huang Shengyi!
It's also known as "Frozen Hero" or "Frozen Walker," though these are the names used in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In mainland China, the movie is called "Iceman: The Time Traveler".

It also tells the story of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but this movie is truly indescribable, absolutely terrible. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a scam!

But ironically, this terrible movie still got a sequel a few years later.

Moreover, the sequel was even worse, even more garbage.

They film these to scam money, and they're not serious about it at all.

Before filming "Buddies in India", Wang Baoqiang's worst movies were probably these two "Iceman" films.

About twenty minutes later, Lu Yang returned.

After adjustments, Chen Duling's condition improved somewhat.

This scene wasn't difficult; it was just dialogue, very bland, without even any emotional fluctuation.

After three takes, the scene was finally filmed.

For a scene, this number of takes is considered very few.

The next day, Xiao Zhang returned.

These past few days, he's been doing commercial performances, and Lu Yang has stopped all his acting projects. Even Chen Yao, who co-stars with him, has been idle for several days.

Now that he's back, it's the perfect time to give him a good workout.

As for Qi Hui, he took a vacation and returned to the capital with Jing Tian.

A few days ago, during the May Day holiday, Qi Hui couldn't bring himself to leave because Xiao Zhang wasn't there; otherwise, Lu Yang would have had no one to film.

Now that Xiao Zhang is back, he'll naturally have to get his lost vacation back from somewhere else.

Lu Yang: "..."

Although everything was reasonable, he was still furious!
Why are they all like this? Can't they just stay on set and film properly?

……

Back in the capital, Qi Hui and Jing Tian were inseparable, too busy to spare a moment for each other.

In Hengdian, both of them were busy filming. One had more daytime scenes and the other had more nighttime scenes, so they often worked at different times and sometimes rarely saw each other.

The next day, Qi Hui strolled to the studio to watch "The Glorious Era".

Upon arrival, Kong Sheng glared at him resentfully. "You're the director, and I'm the director?"

Is this how you act as a hands-off manager?

Kong Sheng sighed to the heavens. If he had known Qi Hui would be like this, he would have been better off agreeing to let him become the real chairman of Daylight Entertainment.

Perhaps we can even secure more investment!

This guy is such a hands-off boss, he's amazing!

Qi Hui was quite satisfied with Kong Sheng. As expected of a veteran cadre, he was incredibly steady!
Later, Jin Dong or someone else created the "old cadre" persona. Did they learn it from Kong Sheng?
However, continuing to be a hands-off manager is not a good thing.

Since we're already here, we should at least get a feel for the post-production work of "Glorious Times".

Before Qi Hui could even get started, his assistant came to tell him that Wu Jing and Guo Fan had arrived.

The former also brought a lot of documents with him.

Qi Hui looked helpless, but was secretly delighted. He had come at just the right time!

(End of this chapter)