Entertainment News: Follow Wang Baoqiang's Rise to Film Emperor

Back at their lodgings, Lin Zhi and Wang Baoqiang went straight to bed without even eating.

After all, working through the night and putting in high-intensity work for dozens of hours straight is something even an iron man couldn't withstand.

Even if they are young, energetic, and in great health, they still need to catch up on sleep, right?

Moreover, teenagers are naturally more sleepy and can sleep a lot!

The two slept soundly until the next morning, when Duan Defa sensed something was wrong and came to wake them up.

"You guys can really sleep! Tsk tsk tsk, you've been sleeping since yesterday noon! I thought you'd kicked the bucket!"

Duan Defa looked the two of them up and down, then clicked his tongue in admiration and said, "I wish I could sleep as much as you two..."

Lin Zhi and Wang Baoqiang were both a little embarrassed and said together, "We stayed up all night on set, we're so tired!"

In the days that followed, the two tried to avoid the Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2 crew and went to other film crews to continue working as extras, occasionally getting stunt work as stuntmen.

After all, they came from Shaolin martial arts schools and were real martial arts practitioners with excellent skills. Whenever a film crew came to recruit temporary stuntmen, they could easily get the job.

Time flies, and the end of the year is just around the corner. With the Chinese New Year approaching, there are fewer and fewer film crews shooting in Beijing, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

During this period, Lin Zhi also caught a cold after playing a role in an anti-Japanese war drama in the dead of winter. He was shirtless and got soaked in the artificial rain created by the crew. He had a high fever of 40 degrees Celsius and had to go to Peking Union Medical College Hospital for two days of intravenous drips before he fully recovered.

On this day, after the Great Cold, and with Laba Festival just around the corner, perhaps because the Lunar New Year was approaching, the number of old Beijing drifters waiting to film outside the Beijing Film Studio finally decreased considerably.

There are only a few dozen left each day.

This made it easier for Lin Zhi and Wang Baoqiang to get roles, as there was less competition.

"The 'Western Mirror' troupe is hiring extras! Come on board, it's 30 yuan a day!"

After Lin Zhi's cold was completely cured, he and Wang Baoqiang went out to find extras on the first day. Just as they arrived at the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio, they ran into the crew of the movie "The Western Mirror" who came to recruit extras. The two looked at each other and, without saying a word, squeezed onto the bus that the crew had parked at the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio.

Because the production team of "The Western Mirror" needed a lot of extras, the two were easily selected.

"The Western Mirror" is a film directed by Hu An. It is a humanistic comedy film invested by multiple Chinese and foreign countries and adapted from real historical events.

The main cast includes Xia Yu and Liu Peiqi, as well as Jared Harris from The British Empire.

It can be considered an international film.

Xia Yu, one of the lead actresses, won several Best Actor awards internationally for her debut film "In the Heat of the Sun" a few years ago, so at this point in time she is considered a top-tier star in China and is quite popular.

Therefore, his performance in "The Western Mirror" naturally attracted a lot of media attention.

Therefore, this film crew of "The Western Mirror" is quite well-known nowadays.

Lin Zhi was fortunate enough to have seen this movie in his previous life.

If his memory serves him right, this film, which combines Chinese and Western investment and has a very Hollywood-style shooting style, has won numerous awards at film festivals both at home and abroad.

Director Hu An won both the Best Director and Best Film awards at the Golden Horse Awards for this film.

He made a name for himself with the film "The Western Mirror".

Sitting on the bus, recalling the memories of the film's past in my mind, I didn't realize that the bus had arrived at the Great Wall.

It turns out that the crew was filming scenes on the Great Wall today.

Upon arrival at the location, needless to say, the process involved registering names and changing into extra costumes. These procedures are self-explanatory. Once all the extras were in place and the main actors had their lighting tested, Director Hu gave the order, and the cameraman pressed the start button. The film set was just about to begin filming in full swing.

Suddenly!

The roar of a motorcycle came from afar.

Immediately afterwards, four or five blond-haired youths rode up on cool motorcycles, speeding along the mountain path.

They were carrying baseball bats or brandishing daggers; anyone with eyes could tell these young people were up to no good.

"Card!"

"Let's pause for a moment..."

Seeing this, Director Hu quickly told the crew to stop filming and wait. Then she got up and left the monitor, and walked quickly toward these unfriendly vagrants, intending to have a good talk with them so as not to disturb the crew's filming.

She orchestrated the entire production of "The Western Mirror." Not only did she buy the script herself, but she also painstakingly raised the subsequent filming funds. Moreover, she has been working on this film for over three years, pouring everything into it.

Now that filming has finally resumed normally, she naturally doesn't want anyone to interfere with everything.

Not even the slightest disturbance is allowed!

This is her dream!

"Hey guys, our film crew is shooting a scene. Could you please go somewhere else for a drive?"

"The noise from your motorcycle engines is too loud and is affecting our sound recording. Please do us a favor!"

Director Hu walked quickly to the group of uninvited guests, stopped at a distance, frowned, and spoke loudly.

Upon seeing the "Western Mirror" crew in front of them, and the person in charge was a middle-aged female director who looked quite refined, these blond-haired street thugs on motorcycles, looking for trouble, exchanged glances and began to whistle and laugh strangely.

"Hehehe, I planted this tree, I built this road, if you want to film here, you'll have to pay the toll!"

"Hehehe, big sister, let me tell you the truth. This land you're filming on is my ancestral land. I won't ask for much; give me ten or twenty thousand, and I'll let you use our land. Otherwise... hehe, I'll smash all your equipment!"

"Enough with the nonsense. This is our territory. From now on, if you want to film here, you'll have to pay us a management fee. Otherwise, you're not allowed to film here at all, understand?"

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These street thugs, with their faces stern, surrounded Director Hu and started spouting nonsense.

It's obvious they've come to extort money!

Director Hu and the other crew members on set were immediately in an uproar when they heard these hooligans making such extortionate remarks.

"Baby swaddling clothes...our chance has come!"

On set, Lin Zhi, who was leaning against the Great Wall, suddenly brightened up and whispered to Wang Baoqiang.

"What?"

Wang Baoqiang looked puzzled, then suddenly realized: "You want to step in? Let me count... there are... five of them. If we go up there, we can handle them... ha!"