Chapter Fifty-One: Difficult Shooting

  "Wheat has arrived, filming first, drinking at night." Director Kang had healed his wounds and forgotten the pain, and he dared to mention drinking in front of He Mu.

  He Mu shrugged and said indifferently: "As long as Kang Dao can get up the next day and not delay filming, it's fine."

  After putting on Wu Zhe's lieutenant colonel uniform, He Mu and Hai Ming, who played Tuo Yonggang, went to the scene together to watch Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sicheng filming. The two were very much in character, one silly and the other clever, and their performance was very convincing. It seems that a month of acting has already allowed them to fully enter the role.

  After a few plays, Tao Qudu reminded He Muhai Ming, "Are you ready? It's almost your turn."

  This is He Mu's first scene in "Soldier Assault", while Hai Ming was still reading the script and reciting lines, He Mu sat quietly, his lines already memorized, now what's important is to find that feeling of Wu Zhe.

  He Mu straightened his body, the military men he had seen, including his brother, were almost all like this. Wu Zhe's body still had that elegant and refined bookish air. He Mu recalled the students he saw in college, revealing a elegant smile, then restrained himself a bit more, hmm, it should be about right.

  Before the start of filming, newcomer He Muhai Ming and Wang Baoqiang Chen Sicheng got to know each other a little. At first, they only met once at the August First Film Studio and didn't have in-depth communication. But next, He Mu had to fight with the two until the end of filming, so it was necessary to understand each other a bit more, which would also be beneficial for their cooperation.

  However, He Mu was a latecomer and had not participated in collective military training before, so emotionally speaking, he was inevitably somewhat distant. If you say who he is most familiar with in the crew, it's probably only Tao Quan except for Kang Director. Sometimes friendships established at the wine table may not be too solid, but Kang Director, who had a drink with He Mu, remembered that experience and admired this young man even more. So every time he drank, he would mention He Mu's good drinking capacity, and every time he mentioned He Mu's drinking capacity, he would mention that fish tank. As a result, the story about He Mu's drinking and fish tank slowly spread within the circle, to the point where many years later, even with He Mu's supreme status in the entertainment industry, he couldn't avoid being teased by this anecdote for a few sentences.

  After the performance of Xu Sanduo, Wu Zhecheng and others' first meeting, Director Kang gave a positive evaluation of He Mu's performance. At the dinner table, Kang Honglei was convinced that He Mu would seriously portray the character given to him, but from the final effect, it was better than he thought. In just a few minutes of dialogue, He Mu perfectly portrayed Wu Zhe's image as a perfect man, and he looked forward to He Mu's subsequent performance.

  Next is the new recruits' uniform distribution and training session, in this part, Wu Zhe and Takashi are whispering to each other, and are punished by the instructor to do 100 push-ups and 500 sit-ups.

  Originally, it would have been fine to just do a few takes, but the director suddenly had a wicked idea. Seeing that the two actors were doing perfectly without any signs of fatigue, he decided to make them do 100 push-ups in a row. He also wanted the two new members who joined the crew to understand that this was going to be an extremely tough shoot and they would face hardships they never experienced before.

  Although I don't understand why the director didn't yell "cut", as an actor, you need to continue performing until the director yells "cut", this is professional quality. Fortunately, both of them had undergone military training before, and He Mu's physical fitness was not comparable to ordinary people, so they wouldn't appear unable to do it.

  The director personally counted for them, and only shouted "cut" after reaching 100. Hai Ming was really exhausted and immediately fell to the ground. If he weren't an actor, he would have fallen down earlier. He Mu stood up afterwards, stretched his hands and feet as if nothing had happened, and continued standing upright.

  Kang Hong said with a pleased smile to the people around him, "I told you, this kid is no ordinary person, he's awesome."

  Today's play is almost finished, and tonight, Kang will host a dinner party outside the base for everyone. Several deputy directors, Wang Baoqiang, Chen Sicheng and others all came, and Duan Yihong, who didn't show up today, also arrived.

  Duan Yihong, Hai Ming and Chen Sicheng are all classmates of Central Academy of Drama. The three of them sat together. He Mu and Wang Baoqiang are both from Hebei Province, the two of them sat together.

  Because it was dark outside and they were filming a night scene, the director originally wanted everyone to drink freely, but in the end limited each person to only one cup of baijiu. Of course He Mu didn't have to follow this rule, but at this time he had learned to be low-key: "I'm just like everyone else, I threw up just a few days ago."

  "Who is so capable of drinking you under the table?" Kang Diao admired the cow person who drank with He Mu.

  He Muzhuo said: "In the world, only I can drink myself to vomiting, I am a person who drinks alone." The arrogant face finally came out, and Kang Honglei was angry and wanted two more bottles.

  During the meal, everyone was chatting and laughing, and He Mu also asked a few seniors about the interesting things that happened when they filmed this play.

  Wang Baoqiang looked like he was trying very hard to say something, but couldn't express himself fluently or get to the point. Chen Sicheng is good at livening up the atmosphere and has a bit of talent for storytelling; after having a few drinks, he would tell stories about others and himself that were vivid and lifelike, making everyone who hadn't had enough to drink laugh uncontrollably. Duan Yihong gave people the feeling of being taciturn, but with an aura that was more than sufficient; what He Muyang thought was the best Yuan Lang was pretty much like this.

  After drinking, He Mulei couldn't write his diary and called Zhang Zilin. The two young men and women who didn't fear dark circles entered the next day in a friendly conversation of you speaking one word and me speaking one word.

  After that, it was a routine shoot. He Yumai only had 10 episodes of screen time and could finish filming in about a month. Moreover, he wasn't the main character, so the camera mainly followed Wang Baicheng, making his scenes relatively scattered. During downtime on set, there were more idle moments than busy ones, but he couldn't leave because occasionally he would still have a few shots, and if he left, it would affect the shooting schedule.

  This is probably the sorrow of being a supporting actor, your time and energy must be controlled according to the main character's schedule, unless you are a big star who comes to make a guest appearance. He Mu didn't have any complaints, after all, he was young and had just started his career, and it was already a blessing that he could play two substantial roles in a row. However, this supporting role experience further ignited his desire and ambition to one day become the main character.

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  In 2005 and 2006, Tangren's two period dramas "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "The Little Fairy" were broadcast on major satellite TV stations and local channels in China, both achieving good ratings, breaking several records and gaining a large number of loyal viewers.

  The "Young Yang Family Generals" currently being filmed with a huge investment by Tang people is in post-production, and it's estimated to be released at the end of this year or early next year. Meanwhile, Tang people's new film and television project has also entered the preparation and casting stage.

  This new play is Mr. Jin Yong's famous "The Legend of the Condor Hero", the Tang people had already bought the adaptation rights last year, and then spent several months polishing the script, now the script is ready, the income from "New Liao Zhai Zhi Yi" and "Tian Wai Fei Xian" two plays is enough to cover the expenses of this play, so after a period of preparation, the company decided to start filming this large-scale martial arts drama in July.

  As for the actors, Hu Ge is the only choice for the male lead Guo Jing. Although the roles he played in the past two years are quite different from Guo Jing's character and appearance, which is not the kind of honest and simple type, but he is the most influential artist in the company and also the most popular actor in the current film and television industry, so Tang Ren will not find another person. The female lead Huang Rong has been locked by the company with Taiwanese idol Lin Yichen, who has cooperated with Hu Ge in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

  Another newcomer, Yuan Hong, has been cast as the second male lead Yang Kang. The second female lead Mu Nianci has not been confirmed yet. Director Li Guoli, who is set to direct this film, hopes to find an actress he has worked with before to play this role, so that they can have better chemistry.

  Li Guoli and Cai Yinnong have finalized the two male leads and one female lead in the bedroom, and the roles of Dongxie Du Nanyi Beigai have also been basically determined by which old drama bones to play. They are all big-name actors, money is not a problem, what's important is that they must create a luxurious lineup that can be considered a classic "The Legend of the Condor Hero".

  "Oh, right, Ou Yang Ke, who do you think is more suitable?" Cai asked Li Guoli. In the Tang version of the script, Ou Yang Ke's character was originally a villainous playboy, but in the new version, he played a elegant and sentimental role, deeply in love with Mu Nianci, even sacrificing his life for her. The portrayal of the complex relationship between Ou Yang Feng and Ou Yang Ke also highlighted Ou Yang Ke's tragic fate, making this character more unique and departing from the original mold. It can be said that Ou Yang Ke is the third most important male character in the film, after Guo Jing and Yang Kang, and his importance goes without saying.

  Thinking of the portrayal of Ouyang Ke in the script, Li Guoli immediately thought of someone, "I think we can try to find him."

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  Hu Luoye's office, Liu Shishi signed a three-year contract with Hu Luoye under the accompaniment of her mother. Poems finally became He Mu's junior sister, but she didn't tell He Mu and wanted to surprise him when he came back.

  In May, Liu Shishi's graduation exam was completed and her thesis defense was passed. She didn't look for a job like her classmates because she still had a strong interest in acting. So, she finally found Da Tang and agreed to sign with Hu Lang. However, unlike He Mu, she didn't unconditionally trust Xiao Fang, so she only signed a three-year contract, which was also very relaxed. If the cooperation went well, they could renew it later.

  After seeing off Shi Shi and her mother, Da Tang sat down opposite Xiao Fang, "Just now, the Tang people contacted me, hoping that He Mu could play the role of Ouyang Ke in their company's 'The Legend of the Condor Hero', a third male lead."

  "Number three among men, quite impressive." Xiao Fang tapped on the table but didn't comment.

  At this time, Vice President Zong Lei also walked in, "Director Xiao, Zhang Jicheng asked me to pass on a message again."

  Xiao Fang asked directly: "Is it because Ren Quan didn't agree to let him star in Kangxi?"

  "How did you know?" Zong Lei asked in surprise. Was it possible that Xiao Zong was behind this?

  (ps: I beg for your recommendation and support, now there are 14 people, and the wind god Hou is staring at me, old Buddha can only rely on everyone. I will continue to work hard, if it doesn't come out tonight, that's a network problem, don't wait, I'll make up for it tomorrow, still counting as today's update! Please help!)

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