Chapter 736: Superb Martial Arts Talent, Unfortunately with Time Limits

The first meeting between the male and female leads was filmed, and it soon transitioned from a gentle literary scene to an intense fighting scene.

The actors' filming scene also moved from Group A to Group B, Group B had set the scene in advance.

Group B's scene used many props, and the later stage would be converted into other scenes through special effects.

Before Jin Li filmed the action scene, the assistant director specifically came over and said:

"Group B's props have been tested several times, and the strength, hardness, and other aspects have been determined to meet the requirements, you can act with confidence."

Jin Li nodded and went to look at the philosophy history in her hand again.

This is her habit of filming.

In the past, when entering every crew, she would memorize the script in advance.

She doesn't look at the script much when filming, and can recall what the plot is in her mind.

Because reading books can let her enter the state quickly, and the efficiency is twice the result with half the effort.

Once she goes to act, she can also substitute the state into it.

This is also the reason why Jin Li is always praised by directors for fast emotional switching, almost without rest, she can seamlessly switch from the previous emotion to the next emotion.

Actually, they are all transferred by books.

When she is reading, she has already digested the previous emotion.

Once the book is closed, she enters a brand new emotion.

Actually, besides books, she would be faster at brushing questions.

But she doesn't need to take the college entrance exam anymore.

Jin Li considered that if she was still brushing college entrance exam questions in the crew, it would be difficult to explain if she was photographed or seen, so she changed to books.

Books are not impossible, just a little less efficient, but this little bit is not unbearable.

While the staff was preparing, Jin Li's relaxed posture was also seen by other actors.

Lian Baozhi didn't know other actors, just a Qiu Qiwen she could chat with, couldn't help but say:

"Sister Jin Li is so amazing, she can still look at other books when filming, I can only hold the script all the time, not on the road of familiarizing with the plot, then on the road of memorizing lines."

Qiu Qiwen recalled the past and sighed: "You haven't seen her when she had to take the college entrance exam. At that time, she was the most hardworking in the crew.

We were just filming, she had to read books and brush questions during the filming, holding papers in her hands at all times.

The director shouted cut, we rested, she immediately took out *Five Years of College Entrance Exam, Three Years of Simulation* as soon as she sat in her seat.

Originally, several of us actors wanted to get together to chat and enhance the relationship, but looking at Jin Li like this, we didn't dare to disturb her, always feeling that disturbing others' study is a very sinful thing."

Qiu Qiwen paused and continued: "At that time, I felt she was firm in heart, resilient in spirit, and unyielding.

She could actually shield the noisy environment of the crew and do her own things wholeheartedly. This serious and focused

Hearing Qiu Qiwen mention these things, a flash of envy crossed Lian Baozhi's eyes.

She felt very regretful.

At that time, she was still worrying about how to become famous, more famous, and wildly famous, and had never thought about switching careers to act.

If she could have participated in that period of Jin Li's life and walked alongside Jin Li earlier, perhaps she could have felt Jin Li's will and thus spurred herself to strive for success sooner.

Lian Baozhi took a deep breath, a flash of determination crossing her eyes.

It was too late to say anything now.

But now that she was in the same crew as Jin Li, she could take this opportunity to learn well.

Challenging a film role was also an opportunity for her.

Soon, the staff finished preparing, and Jin Li went on set.

This scene needed to show the power of Chu Xiaoyue, so they chose the night of the full moon when Xiaoyue's abilities were at their strongest.

As mentioned before, Xiaoyue's ability was perception.

As long as it was night, wherever the moonlight shone, nothing could hide.

Including who was walking around and what had happened, down to the detail of a green leaf or an insect, Xiaoyue could perceive it all.

This kind of perception was a mental-type ability, which could also be called telekinesis or psychic power.

As everyone knows, psychic abilities are very difficult to film in a visually appealing way.

It is not as direct as martial arts scenes, which give people a sensory stimulus; it seems as if one only needs to look at a place and wave a finger to destroy the world.

Therefore, Director Zheng put a lot of thought into Xiaoyue's action choreography.

He did not want to film Xiaoyue's ability too simply, where the actor just looks and waves to blow up the sky.

He decided to combine Xiaoyue's ability with her movements, so that while her martial arts scenes were exciting, they also carried her perception ability, allowing her to use her psychic power for control.

In the film, Xiaoyue's perception was a tangible perception; it was no longer just observation, but the ability to exert influence.

Regarding this, Director Zheng specifically discussed it with the original author, and the author agreed with the director's approach.

The author said: "Xiaoyue's ability is called the Dark Night Queen by readers; to a certain extent, as long as the night falls, her ability is very powerful, almost possessing the power of eternal life.

So I was also thinking, such a powerful ability is not necessarily limited to perception; she can distort causality to a certain extent and manipulate reality.

Of course, it can also act on the body. People with strong perception can also control their own bodies to perform more precise movements.

It's just that once a book is started, it has to be serialized daily, and I couldn't write about everything; Xiaoyue's arc ended relatively early, so not much ink was spent on her."

Since the original author affirmed Director Zheng's idea, the director filmed it boldly.

"3, 2, 1, Action!"

As soon as filming started, Jin Li, wearing a tight-fitting outfit and a high ponytail, nimbly rushed to the wall and used the momentum to jump up.

She took two steps forward with her legs and then performed a brilliant and clean backflip.

This movement required strong core strength.

Director Zheng was already prepared to film it multiple times, even having green-screen performers ready to step in if necessary.

As long as the movement could be completed, it didn't matter how slow it was, since the speed could be adjusted in post-production.

But no one expected it.

No need for multiple takes, no need for three, not even two.

In just one take, Jin Li passed.

Director Zheng couldn't help but stand up, "Good!"

Strong, too strong.

Jin Li landed from the backflip, flicked the long blade in her hand, and imagined a mutant creature in front of her, performing a throat-slitting strike.

Then she bent over, extending her body backward to perform the pre-set dodging movement.

The blade in her hand was dropped, and upon reaching her feet, it was kicked out heavily.

When the blade was kicked out, that was when the telekinetic control came into play, which would be handled with special effects in post-production.

This would show the blade, under Xiaoyue's control, slashing through five more mutant animals in a row.

At night, her individual ability could equal several squads of people.

"Good, cut!"

Jin Li had maintained the bent-over, backward-leaning posture for quite a while before Director Zheng reacted and hurriedly called cut.

Chen Qin immediately rushed up to take care of Jin Li.

She thought that after this wave of martial arts, Jin Li would be sweating.

As it turned out, she found not a drop of sweat; Jin Li's little face was just slightly flushed, full of vitality.

Chen Qin went through the motions of wiping her sweat and asked in a low voice: "Is there any part of your body that feels uncomfortable?"

Jin Li shook her head.

Having recharged at the Daoist temple for the past two days, no matter how many holes her body had, they were all filled with divine power.

She was super strong right now!

Of course, she couldn't say that to outsiders.

When Director Zheng couldn't help but come over to ask her: "How did you do it? How did you perform that series of movements? Did you specifically train for it?"

Jin Li said: "I haven't trained, but when filming 'Dawn', Director Chu said I was very suitable for martial arts scenes and had a talent for it.

Besides, my body's flexibility is very good; I insist on doing high-difficulty yoga every day, maybe because of that, these movements aren't very difficult for me."

Seeing Director Zheng very excited, as if he wanted to add more martial arts scenes for her, Jin Li said again:

"But my stamina isn't enough; I can't support high-intensity exercise for a long time. When I hold concerts, I sing for an hour and then slack off for an hour.

So I can only burst with energy in the short term; once the burst is over, my physical strength will drop rapidly, and my movements will become soft and weak, and I might not be able to hold up."

Only then did Director Zheng dispel the thought of adding more scenes.

He asked with concern: "You still have two more fight scenes later; can you continue filming?"

Jin Li nodded without hesitation: "Yes, just remember to have enough camera angles ready and try to minimize retakes; I'm afraid my stamina will drain too quickly."

Director Zheng said with high spirits: "No problem."

He was not the kind of director who needed to repeatedly polish shots, film multiple camera angles, and multiple perspectives without having a complete picture of the film in his mind.

He knew exactly what shots he wanted to film.

Therefore, every shot and every camera angle he filmed basically had no wasted footage.

Even for scenes that required multiple takes, it was out of consideration for having multiple beautiful angles to choose from during editing, selecting the most suitable and fitting one.

When Jin Li was filming the martial arts scenes, the other actors were all amazed.

They had also filmed martial arts scenes and understood the difficulty involved.

Some people, once hoisted into the air by wires, would have their expressions distorted or even look ferocious due to the full-body squeezing sensation, unable to keep their mouths closed.

But some actors could just act like nothing was wrong, maintaining their expressions and demeanor.

Many actors didn't think this was acting skill, but rather good physical talent.

Being able to maintain a calm face even when the body is under extreme stress.

This belongs to talent, a superb talent.

Born to be suitable for acting in martial arts films.

"This is my first time coming to the set to watch Jin Li perform, and I suddenly understand why she is praised by many directors as the young actress most capable of becoming a Best Actress, and also the young actress most capable of entering martial arts films and carrying the box office for martial arts scenes."

Zhang Guang watched for a long while and sighed.

Gu Cheng was also watching Jin Li, his expression focused and serious.

"Why did you suddenly come to the set?"

Zhang Guang returned to his senses and said: "There is something I need to discuss with you. Yajun Watches has sent word that they want to upgrade your status.

They want to promote your endorsement level from China General Spokesperson to Asia-Pacific General Spokesperson; this is the second tier of endorsers, and if it goes any higher, it would be global."

Gu Cheng raised an eyebrow, but still didn't look at Zhang Guang.

"Is it still an endorsement for the Li series?"

"Yes, still the Li series."

Gu Cheng pondered for a while, "Why so sudden? I don't think I've made any big moves recently, and my contract still has a year left."

If it were an upgrade last summer, he could understand.

After all, "Counterattack" was a huge hit last summer, squeezing into the top 10 in mainland film history.

Zhang Guang lowered his voice and said: "I was also surprised after receiving the news and specifically asked someone to inquire about it."

It turned out that the Zodiac watch Jin Li endorsed last year sold out, becoming a global hit product.

According to reliable sources, Jin Li's share reached 3 billion, so one can imagine how much money Yajun made.

Therefore, a serious disagreement appeared within Yajun, with half the people believing this was the celebrity effect brought by Jin Li; after multiple rounds of internal discussion, they decided to open up more resources to celebrities."

As Zhang Guang spoke, he sighed that celebrities nowadays were born in a good era.

Even the most arrogant brands have to bow their heads to popularity.

Originally, Yajun didn't even need celebrity endorsers; usually, it wasn't them trying to piggyback on a celebrity's fame to expand their popularity, but rather celebrities needing to rely on the brand to build their own name.

But Jin Li refreshed many people's stereotypes and achieved a beautiful result, forcing Yajun to pay attention.

"As the 'attachment' male lead of 'Counterattack', you also got a share of the luck and were supported by Yajun."

Gu Cheng chuckled and said with interest: "Does this count as me living off a woman?"

Zhang Guang couldn't bear to look.

Are you actually proud of that?

Gu Cheng said: "Then let's sign it; I don't want to give up this endorsement, regarding the benefits—"

Zhang Guang: "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it and definitely negotiate a good price."

Gu Cheng thought of something and said: "Regarding the relationship issue."

Zhang Guang clicked his tongue, "Yajun is shrewd right there; they would love for you and Jin Li to make your relationship public right now to create a joint hype effect and sell the Jin Li co-branded watches.

Without me even bringing it up, they specifically asked about your relationship with Jin Li and even probed me on when it could be made public, willing to customize couple watches specifically for you two.

However, I blocked all of that, saying the company doesn't interfere with the artists' private lives and it's all up to the artists."

While the two were talking, Jin Li was already filming the third martial arts scene.

This scene was about eye acting and demeanor.

Her movements weren't complicated, but they gave people a sense of sharpness.

This feeling didn't need post-production special effects; it could be felt right there on set, that sharp feeling almost piercing through the screen to claim lives.

Zhang Guang couldn't help but be frightened by Jin Li's gaze and silently touched his neck.

It felt a bit chilly.

He said enviously: "Gu Cheng, if your acting skills were half as good as Jin Li's, I would thank the heavens; maybe you could bring back a Best Newcomer Award."

Gu Cheng said speechlessly: "I've been filming for how many years now? I'm not new to the industry; the Best Newcomer Award has nothing to do with me."

Zhang Guang: "Oh, a Best Progress Award would be fine too."

Gu Cheng: "Why don't you mention Best Actor?"

Zhang Guang: "Jin Li hasn't even won Best Actress yet; if you won Best Actor first, how embarrassing would that be?

If you could win Best Actor with half of her acting prowess, it would only prove that the award is too watered down, or that the industry is too dark, burying true talent."

Gu Cheng:...

He said casually: "Don't count on Best Actor for me; you can try to cultivate the next generation that shares half my bloodline."

Zhang Guang was stunned for a long while before reacting and curling his lips.

"You're not even married yet, and you're thinking quite beautifully."

Gu Cheng smiled lightly.