Chapter 451

Since the release of "Shaolin Temple" at the beginning of the year, it had been more than half a year, and it was still hot in cinemas all over the country; the attendance rate was no worse than new films, and mobile cinemas also began to fully spread; when Wei Ming and their crew were filming, they even caught up with a village showing "Shaolin Temple," and the folks from the neighboring villages brought the old and the young, which was very lively.

It could be said that now Li Lianjie had almost become the male actor with the highest national popularity, the greatest heat, and the most discussion; even the Surprise Brothers were sought after by other children in the crew because they were Li Lianjie's junior brothers.

So at this time, other film studios also moved their minds one after another, starting to prepare their own action movies, and they were completely independently filmed, without the help of Hong Kong's power.

Since they filmed Shaolin Temple, let's film Wudang; so there was this "Wudang" from the Changchun Er Yingchang.

And this was also a movie with a female protagonist; the character Chen Xuejiao was the core protagonist with the heaviest scenes.

When Director Sun Sha and screenwriter Xie Wenli were creating the script, the first thing they thought of was the beautiful-looking and outstanding-fighting little wife in "Young Heroes"; after inquiring, they heard that she got married and had children after filming the movie, and now the child was already one year old, so they specially invited her to come out of the mountains.

Chinese women in this day and age could work after the full month; half the sky was not just talk.

Hearing this, Biaozi was a bit unwilling: "Then what about the male lead? This film must have a male lead, right?"

"Oh, the male lead we decided on is Zhao Changjun."

"Him~" Biaozi curled his lips.

Zhao Changjun was indeed quite powerful in their circle; although he lost to Li Lianjie in the Changquan event at the 4th National Games, he had won many gold awards in the last two years and was the most beautiful fighter after Li Lianjie, and he had also taught Donnie Yen some martial arts.

Biaozi didn't dare to hide this matter, so he still told Huang Jiaoyan when he went home at night and also brought back the script.

This script took place in the Qing Dynasty, and the theme could be considered revenge + fighting the Japanese devils; the emotional scenes were just a stroke.

Huang Jiaoyan watched it quite devotedly; filming "Journey to the West" for a few days hooked her addiction to acting; the key was that the addiction to fighting scenes was not released, and she was all watching Biaozi fight.

Now seeing junior brother Little Li so glorious, she didn't want to waste her skills either.

After reading it, Yanzi liked this script very much; the heroine's image was three-dimensional, and the main fighting scenes were all hers, which was also a challenge not small for herself.

She knew Tai Chi, but it was not the type she was good at, so she definitely had to practice again.

However, after the excitement, they looked at the one-year-old girl Zhao Zifeng; the daughter could now call father and mother, and every time she called, the mother's heart would soften by a point.

But such an opportunity was very rare; thanks to Wei Ming and Zhu Lin, they had also followed to watch many Hong Kong action movie videotapes; Hong Kong action movies were basically a man's world; women in action movies were either side dishes or vases; I was afraid that if an opportunity like "Wudang" was missed, it would never be encountered again in the future.

"Husband, I'm a bit unsure how to choose." Huang Jiaoyan looked at Zhao Debiao who was holding his daughter with difficulty.

Biaozi was also in a dilemma; if this movie was really filmed, he would definitely have to leave Yanjing; then what about the child, what about himself.

"How about..." The two looked at each other and thought of Wei Ming at the same time.

Generally, when there is such a major event that cannot be decided, ask the smartest person around you; it must be Wei Ming.

"Then let's ask Brother Ming; he understands movies and should be able to see the value of this film." Biaozi said.

The implication was that if Brother Ming felt it was worth filming, he would fully support his wife and do a good job of logistical support for her.

He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to explain clearly on the phone, and how expensive the long-distance phone bill was, so Biaozi bought a ticket through Uncle Ping'an and air-dropped to Chengdu.

He first went to the Emei Er Yingchang to inquire about the current address of the crew and happened to encounter someone who also wanted to go to the "Spring of the Sheep Class" crew.

These two people, one a famous director and one a famous actor, the Emei Er Yingchang simply sent a jeep to send the two to Ya'an.

The person who traveled with Biaozi was named Zhang Huaxun, whose representative work was "The Mysterious Buddha," and he also had a son named Zhang Yang, who later filmed films such as "Spicy Love Soup," "Shower," and "Getting Home."

Zhao Debiao and Zhang Huaxun soon became like thunder in their ears on the car, and they started to be happy to meet each other.

The butterfly's wings had quietly changed the fate of some people; originally Zhang Huaxun cooperated with the Beijing Er Yingchang, but this life changed to the Emei Er Yingchang, so his new work "Wu Lin Spirit" also continued to cooperate with the Emei Er Yingchang.

On the car, Zhang Huaxun chatted with Biaozi about his purpose of going to Ya'an, mainly to find a good friend, who was also the director of the Art Center of the Emei Er Yingchang, Han Sanping, to explore the new martial arts film "Wu Lin Spirit" with him.

He had always felt that Han Sanping understood movies very well; when the movie was almost killed, it was Han Sanping who kept encouraging him that this path was not wrong; of course, he also kept the idea of knowing Wei Ming.

On the way to the crew, Zhang Huaxun first explored with Zhao Debiao: "Comrade Debiao, the fighting scenes in the movie 'Young Heroes' were indeed wonderful; I admit defeat."

Biaozi said proudly: "The script written by my Brother Ming is also powerful."

In the achievements of the two commercial genre films with similar schedules in the mainland, "Young Heroes" was clearly a complete victory.

Zhang Huaxun smiled: "Yes, yes, 'The Mysterious Buddha' except for the plot not being as good as Teacher Wei, the fighting scene part was clearly lagging behind a lot, so this time I plan to invite real martial arts masters to guide the fighting scenes, striving to make up for this short board."

Biaozi said honestly: "Actually, I don't think highly of you; the Changchun Er Yingchang also plans to film a martial arts film, and they also find martial arts masters to guide; I believe our martial arts athletes can make the movements very beautiful, which might be stronger than Hong Kong's fighting stars, but in terms of action design, according to my Brother Ming's saying, what's the use of being able to fight; this also involves the knowledge of movies, so I don't think highly of you being able to surpass that group of Hong Kong martial arts instructors."

Zhang Huaxun captured the key information: "Changchun Er Yingchang? What are they going to film?"

"Oh, they are going to film Wudang and asked my wife to play the heroine." Biaozi said directly.

Zhang Huaxun shouted secretly, too shameless; Shaolin is popular, and you want to film Wudang; this is purely rubbing heat!

However, Huang Jiaoyan was beautiful, and her movements were even more beautiful; they had good eyes.

Zhang Huaxun's eyes rolled: "Comrade Debiao, I suddenly feel that you are very similar to the male lead Dongfang Xu in the script; how about you come to play this male lead."

"Ah? Me? Male lead?"

"Yes, it's you!" Zhang Huaxun said, "Do you want to compete with your wife and junior brother; let's kill Shaolin first, then destroy Wudang!"

This line from "Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" Biaozi had seen; later Brother Ming bought him the complete works of Jin Yong; using it here immediately made his blood boil.

That's right, is it possible that I am worse than them?

"You brought the script."

"Brought it; in the dark, I feel it was specially prepared for you." Zhang Huaxun laughed and took out the notebook.

However, Biaozi felt something was wrong after watching for a while: "The age of this Dongfang Xu doesn't match mine."

"Ah, doesn't it match, thirty-something?"

Biaozi's face straightened: "I'm only twenty-something."

"Ah?" Zhang Huaxun was stunned and hurriedly said, "Oh my, I was just saying, how do you maintain it, looking like twenty-something; it turns out you are really twenty-something; it's all because the Tie Biao you played is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; this is also not a problem; you can adjust the script or through makeup."

Biaozi continued to watch; the protagonist of this script practiced Baguazhang, and the "Wudang" on his wife's side was fighting Japanese devils; this "Wu Lin Spirit" was fighting Russian strongmen, mainly tournament matches; this mode looked quite interesting, and he read it all at once, not even noticing the change in the sky.

At this time, the sky was overcast; they had been waiting for rain for the past few days; they didn't expect that there would be so many days without rain in Ya'an.

Today they waited for it; the crew members immediately packed up their things and returned to the primary school, filming Teacher Zhong's residence located in the primary school.

This scene is simply that the house leaks and it rains at night; when the male lead was using basins and bowls to catch the rainwater leaking from the house, he heard the different sounds made by the rainwater dripping into different containers.

So he adjusted the height and water volume of the containers, as well as different dripping frequencies, and actually turned the annoying raindrop sound into a quite pleasant melody, and then he lay on the bed and slept peacefully.

Hu Weili participated in this segment throughout and collided with Wei Ming, two musicians, to create quite a few sparks.

After this scene ended, the rain hadn't stopped, and the crew members here were trapped at the school.

For the convenience of filming, the crew members all made their homes in Fanshan Village; the village branch secretary provided great help and managed to clear out two courtyards, one of which was the village chief's home in the movie.

At this moment, Wu Jing, Wei Xi, and the others were playing poker with candles at home.

Wang Fei was the biggest child; don't say Xizi liked her, Jingzi also liked her; feeling that even if he didn't win playing cards, Sister Xia Lin must not lose.

Just as they were playing, the village branch secretary shouted: "Is anyone there? Someone is looking for you."

The rain stopped; when Wei Ming and the others returned from the crew, they saw an extra jeep; Han Sanping knew it was the asset of the Emei Er Yingchang as soon as he saw it.

Sure enough, soon he saw Zhang Huaxun, and Wei Ming also happily saw Biaozi.

In the evening, Wei Ming roughly understood the plot of the two films through Biaozi's dictation; actually, he didn't need him to say it, Wei Ming could repeat the plot of the two films.

Because these two movies were very popular back then; after "Shaolin Temple," martial arts films were completely lifted.

So after 83, the films with the most copies and the highest box office were basically these types of films, 83's "Wu Lin Spirit," "Wudang," "Shaolin Temple Disciples," 84's "Shaolin Kids," "King of Southern Fist," "Young Heroes," 85's "Kapok Robe," "New Fong Sai-yuk," 86's "God Whip," etc.

"Wu Lin Spirit," "Wudang," Wei Ming didn't know how many times he had watched them in mobile screenings in the village and on the movie channel.

Objectively speaking, "Wu Lin Spirit" had better color and more long-term influence; the tournament mode also had a certain inspiration for films like "Huo Yuanjia" and "Ip Man," but none of them were as far-reaching as "Shaolin Temple."

"Do you want to film this?"

"Hmm, but Yanzi also wants to film 'Wudang'; her skills are so pretty, just staying at home to bring me children is too much of a pity." Biaozi sighed; he also hoped that his wife could be radiant.

But the child was so small, someone had to stay behind to take care of the family.

Biaozi originally wanted to ask Brother Ming which one was more worth filming, and then use his point of view to decide who would make the sacrifice.

But Brother Ming said, scripts are not that important in this day and age; as long as you take advantage of the heat of "Shaolin Temple" and film it quickly, you can become a classic for a while; there is not much difference.