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Chapter 642 "Snake Dance"

Really could not understand the attitude of these two big men, Chen Xiaotang decided to give them a little punishment.In a flash, Chen Xiaotang dodged the attacks of the two men just right, and just passing by, the fierce attacks of the two big men were aimed at his companions.

The power of the attacks of these two people was fully displayed, they hit each other almost at the same time, and they groaned almost at the same time, and they fell to the ground.Judging from their situation, they won't be able to get up for a while.

Chen Xiaotang looked at the door, thinking to himself if he still wanted to disturb others, it was obvious that the people there were definitely not ordinary people.When Chen Xiaotang was still undecided, the fight outside probably alarmed the people inside, and a middle-aged Arab with a stern face came out from the door.

Seeing Chen Xiaotang at a glance, the stern Arab frowned and said, "Who are you?"

Judging from that person's unfriendly attitude, Chen Xiaotang's visit probably won't be welcomed.Chen Xiaotang thought of this, and immediately smiled and said: "I am a music lover. I heard the beautiful music coming out here just now, and I want to visit the performer. Of course, it's just a little bit of interest. If it's inconvenient, it's fine. Please excuse me."

Chen Xiaotang's speech and modest attitude obviously made a good impression on the Arab.After looking Chen Xiaotang up and down, the man smiled and said, "I'm sorry, we don't accept people with unknown identities."

"My name is Chen Xiaotang, from Hong Kong." Chen Xiaotang introduced himself.

"Hong Kong people?" The man was obviously very interested.

Hearing from the man's words that he would not be received, Chen Xiaotang said with a smile: "Yes. Although it's a pity that we can't get acquainted with such a good musician, but since it's inconvenient, I'd better not bother you, let's talk about it when we have a chance. After greeting politely, Chen Xiaotang turned around and left.

And when Chen Xiaotang turned around, the two big guys who hit each other and fell could finally get up, they were very dissatisfied with Chen Xiaotang, and they were about to rush at Chen Xiaotang from behind.

Chen Xiaotang listened to the wind to identify the position, of course he sensed the actions of these two people immediately, but this time he didn't need to take action, because the Arab who was talking to him just now stopped the two big men first.

The Arab's status was obviously special. As soon as they heard his cry, the two big men obediently gave up their intention of attacking Chen Xiaotang, and walked aside to guard.

Although he didn't look back, Chen Xiaotang knew exactly what happened next, and felt that the people living in that room were not ordinary people.Reminiscent of the scene that he encountered during the day, Chen Xiaotang could vaguely confirm that it was probably some kind of noble person like an Arab leader.Thinking of this, Chen Xiaotang lost all interest and went back to his room.

Although the expected visit was not successful, the song he heard by accident just now was very enlightening to Chen Xiaotang, and it seemed that his understanding of Arabic music had deepened.

With such an understanding, Chen Xiaotang thought that the songs he composed for "Assassin's Creed" seemed to have a lot of room for improvement, so he immediately devoted himself to revising his own music works.

When the inspiration came, I couldn't stop it. Chen Xiaotang wrote all of his works in one go, making the Arabic flavor stronger and the style more lively.After the traces of the chisel are gone, the whole of all the music is more perfect.By the time this busy work is over, a sleepless night has passed.

Going out happily to meet other members of the crew, Chen Xiaotang unexpectedly found that Wang Zuxian was also in good condition.I don't know if it was because of Chen Xiaotang's help, because she had a good rest last night, Wang Zu appeared radiant in the whole person, and he smiled when he saw Chen Xiaotang.

Chen Xiaotang didn't quite understand, but Wang Zuxian knew that he had put aside all worries suddenly, she didn't think about other things now, she just wanted to work hard to make this movie well, that's all.

Although Wang Zuxian's thoughts cannot be detected by others, anyone can see her state.Especially Chen Xiaotang, the moment he saw Wang Zuxian showing a charming smile, he seemed to see a spring full of flowers in a trance.

Walking together with Chen Xiaotang naturally, Wang Zu appeared as if Chen Xiaotang was his lover. Seeing this situation in the eyes of other crew members, when they were surprised, they thought that they had already entered the play through script communication, but it became Inspired, everyone is full of energy and devoted themselves to their work.

In the first act of "Assassin's Creed", the story tells that the assassin starring Chen Xiaotang completed a scene of assassinating an Arab sheikh during the day.

This scene needs to be filmed in the bazaar. In order to create the appearance of the ten episodes of ancient Arabia, Wang Jing, the producer, and Cheng Xiaodong, the director, spent a lot of money to hire some Egyptian citizens to participate in the performance.

And reached an agreement with the "Street Organizing Committee" in this area to close the road for an hour, just to film the scene of this fake market.

In the temporary dressing room, Chen Xiaotang is working hard to put on makeup. The makeup artist was also brought over from Hong Kong. Due to the long-term cooperation, he has a clear understanding of Chen Xiaotang's style preferences and personal style. Chen Xiaotang doesn't like to wear heavy makeup unless In order to highlight the enchanting and charming, or the wild beauty at the concert, in addition to that, he usually wears light makeup when filming, mainly outlines the eyebrows, sideburns, and lip kisses.Eyebrows can reveal a person's fortitude, sideburns can show age, and lips can show character.

These three parts are what Chen Xiaotang is most concerned about, so the makeup artist carefully outlines and depicts the characters designed in the script, as well as the character traits of the characters dictated by Chen Xiaotang.

There was not much time, after putting on makeup, Chen Xiaotang appeared in front of everyone, but he was dressed in white, wearing a hooded hood, his eyes were starry, his eyebrows were like a sword, and he looked heroic and mysterious.

Fatty Wang Jing saw that he had finished tidying up, so he told the guy who played the role of the Arab sheikh to quickly bury his seat.

This unlucky guy who is about to be assassinated and will appear in the camera at [-] seconds, with only one line "Who are you?" is Chen Xiaotang's personal bodyguard, Aaron.

Aaron has been with Chen Xiaotang for so long, even if he has never eaten pork, he has seen pigs walk, so he still has a certain understanding of acting.So I saw him sitting on a western-style stroller, wearing a king's cake hat, with Persian beauties serving grapes next to him, and being carried "patrol the street" in a magnificent manner.

The camera rustles on the track.

The whole shooting has started.

In the camera, the whole Arabian Street looks lively, with fruit, cantaloupe, camel, gold and silver jewelry sellers, shouting hard.

Not far away, an Arab is playing the flute and teasing a cobra in a cage. Don’t underestimate this scene. This snake player is a "special guest" invited by the crew at a high price. This guy is usually only in the joints of holidays. He just performed this unique skill, and this time he was invited by the crew—mainly because of money, so he disregarded principles to show off his unique skills here.

Next to the snake dancer, a huge stage is built.

A few slave beauties stood on the stage, and the boss was selling them with a whip, while the men under the stage were chirping and laughing.

As soon as the camera turned, an Arab warrior kicked over a basket of pineapples and shouted, "Go away, you pariahs, haven't you seen the king appear?"

All of a sudden, the whole street was full of chickens and dogs.

In the camera, the entire king's guards are showing off their power, ravaging and whipping the surrounding citizens wantonly, making people's teeth itchy.

The flamboyant head of guard saw a beautiful little girl wearing a veil, so he held on, saying that she would dedicate it to the Queen of the Kingdom, and everyone around her dared not speak out.I had no choice but to watch the little girl's desperate struggle and the wicked man's wild laughter.

According to the plots of many movie stories, it should be the hero's turn to appear at this time.

Lens transitions.

The assassin played by Chen Xiaotang descended from the sky.

Diao Weiya is a must, especially to highlight the miracle of "falling from the sky".

Dressed in white and wearing a hood.

Chen Xiaotang, who is like a god descending from the mortal world, stood majestically in front of this group of people.

The curtain of the king's injury was pulled open, and the tyrant played by Aaron asked sharply, "Who are you?"

Chen Xiaotang replied: "The one who wants to kill you!"

In the camera, Chen Xiaotang flew up, flying his hidden sword, and hit the "king" in the throat.

Wang Guo rubbed his throat and yelled, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

All of a sudden, the whole scene was in chaos.

Making martial arts scenes is Cheng Xiaodong's strong point, and even Chen Xiaotang's strong point, and this kind of scene where one person singles out dozens of people is even more commonplace for them.

However, the martial arts movements designed by Chen Xiaotang and Cheng Xiaodong combined Cheng Xiaodong's elegance and Chen Xiaotang's strength and speed, making the whole set of movements look crisp and neat, shocking and unconventional.

And the crew members around them devoted themselves wholeheartedly and tried their best to shoot every detail in place, which made the shooting of this group of martial arts scenes extremely smooth.

Next, there is a monologue, which kind of introduces the special identity of Chen Xiaotang as the assassin "Altair", explaining that he used to be a waiter in a bar in Hong Kong, and was caught by an international pharmaceutical company by chance and came here through time and space. Looking for his ancestors, and then turned into an assassin by accident.In addition to this introduction, it also introduced that after becoming an assassin, Altaïr understood what is the "Assassin's Creed" that must be abided by.

This monologue, like the central idea in the novel, is very important, directly pointing out the purpose of the play.

Time is money and filming continues at a high pace.

The next scene is when Altaïr, the male protagonist starring Chen Xiaotang, first meets Princess Alof, the female protagonist played by Wang Zuxian.

The general plot of the story is that after Chen Xiaotang assassinated the brutal Arabian king, the younger brother of the king seized the throne with the help of the crusader paladins, became a puppet king, and then persecuted the former king's daughter, Princess Aphrodite.

Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian were fully involved in the film, almost all scenes were completed at one time, and the occasional reshoot was due to technical mistakes of the staff.If it was any other film, the director Cheng Xiaodong would probably take the blame for such a low-level mistake, but now that the atmosphere is so harmonious, Cheng Xiaodong just smiled and said to Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian: "I'm sorry, Ah Tang, please meet again Let's go." There was no hint of anger in it, but rather a teasing of Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian.

Facing Cheng Xiaodong's kind joke, Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian didn't say anything, they just looked at each other and smiled.The reshoot had no effect on them, and it was still an extra warm chance for them.This unexpected incident did not disrupt the state of Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian at all. They are now in perfect harmony inside and outside the play, and any scene can be played out just by talking about it.

With Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian in such a state, Cheng Xiaodong paid almost no attention to the details of their performances, and focused entirely on the cooperation in other aspects.In his view, what Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxuan need now is to play freely, and any artificial interference is just a disturbance to their state, which is absolutely unacceptable.He is completely assured of the performance status of Chen Xiaotang and Wang Zuxian. Cheng Xiaodong is more worried that the overall quality of the film will be affected due to lack of other aspects.

The filming went on smoothly and intensely, and by the evening, the day's work had been fruitful.But it was not time to get off work, and after a short rest, everyone immediately started to get busy again, and there was still a scene waiting to be filmed.

This is a story that connects the past and the future in the whole film. The male protagonist Altaïr played by Chen Xiaotang, in order to investigate the collusion between the Templars and the new king, pretends to be a wandering bard on the street. For the first time, he meets Princess Aphrodite who comes out to play in micro-clothes. The two inadvertently wiped out the spark of love.It's very vulgar, it's bloody, but the audience just like it, there is no way, this is the art of commercial movies to please the audience.

This scene with the singing part is a more attractive highlight envisioned by director Cheng Xiaodong, and it is his first attempt. Although the whole day was filmed smoothly, and Chen Xiaotang, who is in charge of the performance, is a leader in the singing world, but when it comes to this scene, Cheng Xiaodong is still Some nervous.

But only Cheng Xiaodong was nervous, Chen Xiaotang himself didn't feel that way at all.In his opinion, such a scene is actually not as good as singing on stage.Almost completely consistent with the emotions of the characters in the play, Chen Xiaotang only needs to play himself, and this situation is really conducive to his singing performance.

Cheng Xiaodong gave an order, and the filming started.

In the camera, Chen Xiaotang is dressed in Arabic costumes, a bit like the appearance in "The Forty Thieves of Ali Baba" starring Qi Qin in his previous life. He is wearing a white cloth baotou and a white robe. The strings sang in Chinese: "The Nile River flows quietly over the papyrus ~ Winding like a veil without emotion ~ And you put it on and turn around to dance for me ~ Dance an exclamation point for the lonely earth ~ Dusk The cloud horn on the burning pyramid ~ the shadow under the sphinx is an omen..."

There is no doubt that the lyrics of this song are the previous Jay Chou's song "Snake Dance", but Chen Xiaotang subtly changed the rap part into a low-pitched singing, so that the song is more Arabic-style. The melody and rhythm of the song have the power to turn decay into magic, which makes people mesmerized.

In the camera, Chen Xiaotang's condition is so good, in fact, from the beginning of singing, the director Cheng Xiaodong's heart is relaxed, and his expression is much more relaxed.Now he almost forgot that he was a director and was shooting a movie, he was almost enjoying Chen Xiaotang's solo performance.

Of course, since it's filming, Chen Xiaotang can't be the only one singing. As the heroine, Wang Zuxian also has to be very devoted as the listener, and the expression on his face should show three different levels of expression: surprise, contemplation, and fascination.

From a professional point of view, Wang Zuxian's performance is really not up to the standard, but in fact she doesn't need to "perform" as much as possible, because gradually she has been really intoxicated by Chen Xiaotang's singing, her eyes are blurred, her mouth Slightly opened, the night wind blows the white gauze on her face, and the front and back shots are full of poetic and picturesque.

It can be said that unconsciously, Wang Zuxian has played the role of the "princess" he met with Chen Xiaotang very well.

As mentioned earlier, Chen Xiaotang practiced his songs hard in order to star in this drama. It can be said that his current singing skills are absolutely amazing.

Not to mention that he has the title of "God of Songs" in Hong Kong. Now that he is singing, he has returned to his old profession. Coupled with his superb acting skills, it is as if he is holding a unique concert at this moment. Small concert.

The time, place, and people were harmonious, and the whole scene was integrated into one furnace. Chen Xiaotang was completely immersed in the plot, and didn't pay attention to the surrounding situation, so he didn't notice that during the process of his singing, many spectators had gathered around the filming location. Cairo people.

When it comes to watching the lively Cairo people, they probably think it's something new.There are quite a few Westerners who come to Egypt and Cairo to shoot, but almost none of them are Chinese.Moreover, this Chinese person actually sang an Arabic-style song. That feeling was indeed very fresh to these spectators.

After the filming of this scene, the director Cheng Xiaodong was very excited, because he thought of how attractive the audience would be when this scene was released. The other members of the crew also applauded. Relax, the day's work is finally over.But the cheers of the crew did not stop, and a burst of warmer applause and cheers came from around the scene.

Looking back in surprise, the crew members discovered that the filming scene was already surrounded by spectators, and the applause and cheers were made by these spectators.What made Chen Xiaotang dumbfounded was that the applause was vaguely mixed with some shouts: "One more song." Someone even shouted: "I don't understand the lyrics, I strongly request to sing in Arabic."

Naturally, most of these people's voices are in Arabic, and a few are in English. Although the other members of the crew may not be able to understand them, Chen Xiaotang can hear them clearly, and he can't help but smile bitterly. Could it be that he is singing on the street? meeting?However, although the other members of the crew could not understand or did not understand at all, they could also see the intentions of these spectators.The matter couldn't be more clear, these spectators didn't mean to step aside at all, even though the crew finished their work, they couldn't leave at all.

(End of this chapter)