HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 155 [155] Linghu Chong, did you actually sleep with your sister-in-law?
Qi Yuan and Wang Tianlin chatted and laughed, which was observed by Li Bingbing and Wang Jinghua, who were sitting on the other side.

"Is Qi Yuan so well-connected in Hong Kong? Even Wang Tianlin is actively trying to befriend him. He's a veteran in the Hong Kong film industry." Wang Jinghua was somewhat surprised.

"I don't know," Li Bingbing shook his head.

She envied Qi Yuan.

She doesn't understand Cantonese. Just now, two staff members were talking badly about her behind her back. She vaguely understood a sentence or two, but it wasn't anything nice.

If she had Qi Yuan's status, which clueless crew member would dare to criticize her?
During his conversation with Wang Tianlin, Qi Yuan subtly revealed his desire to invest in film and television.

Wang Tianlin was overjoyed and immediately revealed that his son, Wang Jing, planned to go north to the mainland.

“Ah Yuan, we really hit it off. It’s a bit too formal for you to keep calling me Mr. Wang. How about this, if you think highly of me, just call me Uncle Tianlin.”

"Uncle Tianlin," Qi Yuan said without any formality.

Wang Tianlin is a bigwig in the Hong Kong film and television industry, so it's not shameful for him to call Wang Tianlin "uncle".

Wang Tianlin's son, Wang Jing, is a talented person.

Wang Jing was later criticized as the king of bad movies. But from another perspective, even though he made so many bad movies, he still had plenty of investors giving him money.

Investors aren't doing charity work; they only invested in Wang Jing for one reason: those terrible movies were all making money.

Wang Jing has directed hundreds of films, and very few of them have lost money. Investors love directors like him the most.

Wang Jing, that fatso, isn't incapable of making good films.

He was the director of many great films, including "Hail the Judge", "The Deer and the Cauldron", "Chasing the Dragon", and "God of Gamblers".

This person is somewhat similar to Huang Xiaoming in the world of directing.

Huang Xiaoming rewards himself with a domineering CEO role after making a good film.

Wang Jing makes a bunch of bad movies, then makes one good movie to salvage his reputation, and once his reputation improves, he continues to make bad movies to rake in money.

Wang Tianlin wanted to talk to Qi Yuan some more, but Du Qifeng was yelling for everyone to get to work.

The scene we're shooting today has been polished up. It's a famous scene from "The Mission" filmed in a shopping mall, a classic gunfight scene in film history.

In this scene, only Ah Gui has one line; everyone else has no lines. It's all tense gunfight scenes.

Despite the additional 250 million investment, we still need to be careful with the film.

Du Qifeng had everyone rehearse a few times before officially starting filming, to avoid mistakes and wasting film.

“Yuanzai, when you come over, make sure your eyes are sharp and your expression is arrogant… When you get off the elevator, Ah Gui has the most experience. He was the first to protect Brother Wen and the first to draw his gun. Ah Mai has the best marksmanship; he's the one who blew the security guard's head off with one shot…”

Du Qifeng explained the play to everyone for more than ten minutes, and Qi Yuan and other actors, including Brother Crow, also exchanged ideas for a while.

In this scene, Qi Yuan, who plays A Lai, has a lot of action scenes, and Brother Crow, a professional gangster actor, personally designed the action scenes for Qi Yuan.

About half an hour later, everything was ready and the camera was started.

"Three two one, start!"

Qi Yuan, who plays A Lai, is the first to appear on screen. He looks left and right, observing his surroundings. His sharp gaze and arrogant expression greatly satisfy Du Qifeng.

Qi Yuan's camera presence is as good as ever; when multiple people are in the same frame, his performance is the most outstanding.

The group of five protected Brother Wen in the middle as they walked together up the escalator in the mall.

The security guard on the escalator next door threw off his hat and pulled out a pistol from his waist.

Ah Gui reacted extremely quickly, pressing down on Brother Wen's head with one hand and drawing his gun with the other.

Ah Lai, Ah Mai, Ah Xin, and Ah Fei drew their guns and fired in a flash, their movements swift and seamless.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Several shots hit the security guard on the other side, and Crow, the best marksman, finished him off with a two-handed shot to the head. "Okay, one take."

Du Qifeng was in a good mood and asked the makeup artist to apply blood packs to the security guards so that they could reshoot the close-up shot of the head being blown off.

The gunfight continued even after they descended the escalator.

The camera followed Qi Yuan, who looked serious. He changed from holding the gun with one hand to holding it with both hands, and aimed it in a certain direction, assuming the gun-holding posture that Brother Crow had designed for him.

He already looked great in a suit, and this pose made him look even better; his figure was a feast for the eyes.

As the camera zooms out from Qi Yuan, A Lai, A Mai, A Xin, and A Gui each stare in four different directions.

The positioning of the four people in four different directions and the composition are also classics.

This scene was filmed in many shots and took a long time to complete, but the final result was very pleasing.

Du Qifeng was amazed: "Yuanzi, your figure is really great, and Song Xian is not bad either."

They are the two most handsome actors, and they also have the best physiques.

Being handsome is always a plus. People don't dislike actors who are handsome; what they dislike is actors who are handsome but lack acting skills.

Both Qi Yuan and Lu Songxian are talented actors, but Lu Songxian's acting is slightly better. Qi Yuan has a better sense of the camera and is a natural-born big-screen actor.

With their excellent acting skills, the two actors' good looks and figures added a lot to the performance.

Du Qifeng became more and more confident as he filmed. Could it really be a masterpiece that he spent millions to make?

The performances of these actors were all excellent, even Qi Yuan, whom he was most worried about, was very strong.

There's no way he can be insecure; it's hard for him to lack confidence.

He originally planned to film the scene where his sister-in-law seduces Qi Yuan.

After much thought, he removed this section from the script outline; it was unnecessary. "The Mission" was a purely male-dominated drama.

Including scenes depicting emotional expression would affect the overall viewing experience of the film and disrupt its original style.

The character Alai is very clear-headed and cautious. He has been in the underworld for many years and knows very well where the red lines are in this industry.

Ah Lai would never touch the red line of his sister-in-law. No matter how angry Ah Lai was, he would never let his sister-in-law cool him down.

The scene where the sister-in-law seduces Ah-xin was not filmed, also to avoid disrupting the overall style of the movie. Only a few metaphorical shots were used to suggest that the sister-in-law and Ah-xin were having an affair.

For example, if the car won't start on the road, the older sister-in-law makes a gesture of flipping her hair, somewhat like tidying up her appearance after finishing something.

Then... Du Qifeng arranged a very interesting scene for Qi Yuan, having Qi Yuan, the new version of Linghu Chong, beat up Lu Songxian, the old version of Linghu Chong.

"Have you slept with the eldest sister-in-law? Have you slept with the eldest sister-in-law? Now the higher-ups have ordered Ah Gui to do something."

Qi Yuan slapped Lu Songxian so hard he squatted down under a telephone pole.

I must say, filming these kinds of fight scenes is quite enjoyable.

"Okay, that's a wrap. This scene was very interesting. Linghu Chong fighting Linghu Chong could be used as a selling point." Du Qifeng shouted "Cut!"

In another scene, Du Qifeng has Qi Yuan beat up Huang Qiusheng.

Because Ah Gui, played by Wong Chau-sing, led Man-ge and his brothers to retreat first, abandoning Ah Lai who was chasing the assassin, Ah Lai felt that Ah Gui was not loyal enough.

Although the fight scene wasn't real, it felt pretty good to slap the yellow dog a few times and then kick it a few more times. Anyway, Qi Yuan felt pretty good.

This was one of the few scenes where Qi Yuan had to do a retake. Du Qifeng asked him to do it again because his expression wasn't angry enough and he even looked a little too happy, which didn't match the character's mindset at the time.

Huang Qiusheng: "???"

He really wanted to ask Qi Yuan whether it was intentional or accidental, and why Qi Yuan would only NG when filming the scene where he was being beaten.

(End of this chapter)