Chapter 59: Heroic Spirit for Thousands of Years, Finishing Touches

  "CUT... CUT. I've told you over a dozen times, this performance won't do. General Zhang has been in a bloody battle with the Japanese for months and is already exhausted, how can he possibly have the energy to be as spirited as you? No, start again." Wang Wei said to Ke Junxiong with a dark face.

  "I'm telling you, Xiao Wang, we've rehearsed this scene over a dozen times and you still can't get it right. Are you intentionally trying to pick faults?" Ke Jun Xiong said with a lazy, cold smile.

  Since Lin Fengjiao rushed over from Chaozhou to start filming, Ke Junxiong's attention has been drawn to him. Whenever he had time, he would run over to chat with Lin Fengjiao. In Ke Junxiong's opinion, although Lin Fengjiao was a newcomer, he was already well-liked by fans on the island and seemed to be heading towards becoming a first-line movie star.

  He himself had already won the Best Actor award at the Asian Film Festival four years ago with "Seventeen", becoming the first "Asian Best Actor" in the Taiwanese film industry, and last year's "Goodbye Ah Lang" was a hit on the island. Ke Jun-xiong is indeed the guarantee of TW box office. This is also why China Film requires Ke Jun-xiong to be the male lead of "Ying Lie Qian Qiu". Apart from being an actor under China Film, the most important thing is that they value Ke Jun-xiong's influence on the box office.

  So when Ke Jun Xiong thought he was a good match for Lin Feng Jiao, and if Lin Feng Jiao were to be nice to him, it would be very beneficial to her career. Therefore, after meeting Lin Feng Jiao, Ke Jun Xiong began his pursuit, but unexpectedly, Lin Feng Jiao completely ignored him.

  One day later, Ke Jun Xiong saw Lin Feng Jiao and Wang Wei chatting and laughing together, only then did he realize that there was actually a Wang Wei in between.

  This made Ke Junxiong feel discontented with Wang Wei in his heart. You already have a Lin Qingxia, and you still want to make a move on Lin Fengjiao's body, knowing that I am pursuing Lin Fengjiao, how dare you take action, what do you mean by this?

  Actually, Ke Jun-xiong thought that Wang Wei was just a newcomer who had only made one movie. How could he compare to himself, the box office "evergreen tree"? So from the bottom of his heart, Ke Jun-xiong looked down on Wang Wei. But when he saw Lin Feng-chao laughing and chatting with Wang Wei while ignoring him, Ke Jun-xiong's disdain for Wang Wei turned into dissatisfaction. Furthermore, Wang Wei was determined to make this film a classic war movie, so his demands on every actor were naturally stricter. This caused the conflict between the two to escalate.

  In this battle, the Japanese army had been attacking Zhang Zizhong for 40 days without making any progress. The fighting lasted for several months, and more than half of Zhang's troops were killed or wounded. As a result, Zhang decided to select 500 brave soldiers to form a suicide squad to penetrate deep into the enemy's lair and turn the tide of the battle.

  While Ke Jun-xiong was filming Zhang Ziyi's speech, Wang Wei thought that Ke Jun-xiong's performance was not up to par, while Ke Jun-xiong himself felt it should be filmed this way. Adding to the accumulated contradictions between the two over the past few days, they finally erupted at this moment.

  "Call me Wang Dao." Wang Wei put away the smile that was always on his face and said with a cold expression.

  Looking at the director who usually looks like a neighbor boy in the crew, the cold eyes cast on himself made Ke Jun Xiong feel a chill down his spine.

  Regarding Ke Jun Xiong's harassment of Lin Feng Jiao, Lin Feng Jiao had already told Wang Wei about it. As for Wang Wei, he didn't have a good impression of Ke Jun Xiong to begin with. According to what Wang Wei knew, this guy was the main culprit behind Gu Long's death. In his past life, Wang Wei had read a report where Cai Lan, one of Hong Kong's Four Great Talents, revealed that Ni Kuang, another of the Four Great Talents, had privately said that the main reason for Gu Long's liver cirrhosis and subsequent death was Ke Jun Xiong.

  It is said that on the evening of October 22, 1980, Ke Yunshou brought a wanted criminal, Xiao Ye's friend Xiao Pang, to drink at the Beitou Yin Songge Hotel. At this time, Gu Long was in the next room, but he did not want to go to the next room to toast with Ke Yunshou. The two deliberately stabbed and seriously injured Gu Long's right hand, making it impossible for him to write. Although Gu Long was lucky enough to resist with the help of his friends and did not become disabled, he contracted hepatitis due to the blood transfusion from a "blood cow" during emergency treatment, and died prematurely at the age of 47 after five years of excessive drinking.

  But Ke Jun Xiong had more than one thing that made Wang Wei disgusted. Another thing was that Ke Jun Xiong forced Shu Qi to take a third-level exam. (This point, everyone can check for themselves, I won't say it)

  If it weren't for the requirements of Zhongying, Ke Junxiong's acting skills would have been abandoned by Wang Wei long ago.

  At this time, Wang Wei was also tolerant of Ke Junxiong's attitude.

  Ke Junxiong felt a strong aura of evil from Wang Wei. Instinctively, he took a step back, but then thought to himself, why should I retreat? This kid is just a newly emerged director, who doesn't have as much fame as me, and his background isn't as good as mine either. He's just from a small farming family, and when he got angry, he found someone to do his dirty work for him.

  At this point, Ke Junxiong opened his eyes and said loudly to Wang Wei: "Young man, speak respectfully, don't think that just because you've filmed a movie, you've forgotten your own surname."

  "I don't care what your background is, today on this set, I'm the director and you have to listen to me." Wang Wei said expressionlessly.

  "Alright, you've got guts. I won't fire you today." Ke Junxiong saw Wang Wei's expression and couldn't help but laugh in anger.

  Ke Jun Xiong turned around and walked away. Deputy director Ding Shan Xi was directing the arrangement of props at a nearby location when suddenly, the drama coordinator ran over to say that Ke Jun Xiong had gotten into an argument with Wang Wei.

  The result was a rush, and he ran over to see Ke Jun Xiong taking off his costume while walking towards the dressing room.

  Ding Shanxi hastily instructed the drama staff to call Liu Changxi. She herself came over to block Ke Junxiong.

  "Jun Xiong, what's wrong with you?" Ding Shan said with a smile all over her face.

  "What can I do? That Wang Wei is also too ignorant, giving three points of color and wanting to open a dyeing workshop. Don't know what his surname is or how old he is." Ke Junxiong said with a cold smile.

  "Jun Xiong, don't be impulsive, young man, you have a big temper, and as a senior in the film industry, you should learn to tolerate some things, don't lower yourself to the same level as those younger than you." Ding Shanxi said with a smile all over his face.

  Ding Shanxi's words hit Ke Junxiong right in the heart. He had been famous for a long time, while Wang Wei was just a new director who had just started his career. What made him show off in front of himself? And that Lin Fengjiao, actually dared to ignore him, really didn't know if he was blind or brain-damaged.

  "I endured, but others thought I was afraid of him, and he became more and more unscrupulous, simply making progress by taking advantage of me." On the other side, Ding Xuanxi heard Ke Junxiong's tone soften slightly, and she let out a sigh of relief, saying: "You've endured for so long. It's just a few more days, you see, the movie will be finished in no time, it's not worth it to do things this way."

  "If Wang Wei had half of your Director Ding's understanding and reason, I wouldn't be in this situation. I originally said to let you direct this film, but the higher-ups insisted on not letting you, saying that you're just a new director." Ke Jun Xiong complained.

  After hearing Ke Jun Xiong's words, Ding Shan Xi couldn't help but smile wryly in her heart. She had also been resentful before she came back this time. Originally, it was arranged for her to be the director, but suddenly Wang Wei intervened and became the chief director, while she was reduced to a dispensable deputy director. How could Ding Shan Xi not have any resentment?

  However, Ding Shanxi's resentment dissipated completely as he spent more time partnering with Wang Wei. Now, he has no resentment at all, but instead feels grateful and admires Wang Wei. Because Ding Shanxi discovered that following Wang Wei to film "Ying Lie Qian Qiu", he learned a lot of filming techniques and the use of large scenes, which he had not seen before when he was an assistant director. It can be said that many of Wang Wei's filming methods were seen by Ding Shanxi for the first time. But Ding Shanxi also has to say that these methods make the picture more delicate and grand.

  Just as Ding Shanxi didn't know how to respond to Ke Junxiong, Liu Changxi arrived.

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  After Ke Jun-xiong left, Lin Feng-jiao and Lin Qing-xia, as well as Chen Xiao-li who played Zhang Zi-zhong's wife, rushed over to persuade Wang Wei.

  "Awei, just bear with it this time. I heard that Ke Junxiong has a triad background. Don't provoke him." Chen Shalai whispered to Wang Wei. As for Wang Wei, who was not very old but had outstanding abilities, although he was strict about filming requirements, the director would always explain the role to him like a younger brother, and Chen Shalai liked him from the bottom of her heart, so she couldn't help but remind him at this time.

  "Yes, Ah Wei, don't be angry with Ke Jun Xiong anymore. Li Jie said so, I don't want to get involved with the underworld again because of you." Last time Wang Wei was knocked unconscious while saving Lin Qingxia, which scared Lin Fengjiao. So Lin Fengjiao doesn't want Wang Wei to provoke the underworld again.

  "Awai, just listen to Feng Jiao and Sha Li for now." Lin Qingxia didn't want Wang Wei to provoke the underworld either.

  "It's nothing, I didn't provoke him, I just spoke my mind, let's get back to our positions quickly, we still have a scene to shoot." Wang Wei regained his usual smile and said to the three of them.

  "Really nothing?" The three of them asked disbelievingly.

  "It's nothing, hurry up and get into position, or I'll have something to deal with." Wang Wei pretended to scowl as he joked with the three of them.

  The three saw that Wang Wei was really okay and returned to their original positions, each preparing for the next scene.

  Looking at the back of Lin Fengjiao and Lin Qingxia, Wang Wei's eyes suddenly flashed a cold light. Dare to provoke my woman? Whether you are from the underworld or the white society, I will make you become a dead society.

  Not long after, Ke Jun-xiong came over to re-shoot the scene under Liu Chang-xi's persuasion, while Wang Wei acted as if nothing had happened.

  Spoke with several people and then continued shooting.

  The last one, starring Wang Wei as Xiaobing Wang Tiezhu and Lin Qingxia as Tiezhu's wife, takes things to see Zhang Zicheng's wife and daughter.

  As deputy director Ding Shanxi shouted: "...... CUT ...... passed ........"

  The last scene of Ying Lie Qian Qiu was finished shooting, and with that, all scenes of Ying Lie Qian Qiu were completed.

  September 25, 1971, after more than three months, with a total investment of NT$15 million and the mobilization of up to 45,000 people, the film was finally completed.

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