Chapter 18: Damn it, why are you, a robber, so nervous? Watch me!

Just for this opening scene, they "cut" back and forth nearly 20 times, making Jiang Qinqin and Duan Long lose a bit of confidence. But they also had a sense of stubbornness in their hearts, actively adjusting each time.

Sun Honglei, watching from the side, leaned over to Wu Shixian: "Is our director always this strict?"

"He's usually quite easy to get along with, but you know, work and life are two different things." Fatty Wu shrugged.

Sun Honglei nodded silently. He didn't want to be "cut" over and over again like that later, so he quickly thought in his mind about the big thugs and ruthless people he had befriended in the past, thinking about how he should act later.

An hour had passed. Duan Long and Jiang Qinqin didn't even know how many times they had NG'd. Just then, Wu Yuchen said: "This take is okay. Keep the state, let's do it one more time!"

Hearing this, both of them felt a surge of relief. They had finally waited for a word of affirmation and could finally relax.

Wu Yuchen also turned on the camera at this moment. Following a shout of "Action," formal filming began.

In the afternoon, disregarding his image, Wu Yuchen knelt on one leg on the bus, shouldering the camera, and used a low-angle shot aimed at Sun Honglei, who had just rushed onto the bus. This was to reflect the robber's tall and fierce stature from the passenger's perspective, allowing the audience to feel a sense of fear from a low-angle view.

Sun Honglei, who had NG'd several times before, performed very well. He held a dagger in his hand, gesturing, frowning, and roaring with a fierce face:

"Hand over the money, damn it!

Are you all deaf?

Strip it all off for me!"

After speaking, he glared at the passengers in a circle, his mouth twisted, a lump of muscle bulging on his face, saying "damn it" with a vicious look.

Then, his robber lackey walked up fiercely to collect things, shouting: "Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Cut!"

Wu Yuchen was very satisfied after seeing this take. Actually, Sun Honglei's third performance was already good, but for this scene of the robber's entrance, he wanted to film a few more takes to choose the best of the best, and sure enough, this one was better.

Sure enough, Sun Honglei was born to play a villain. Bringing him here was the right choice!

Subsequently, Wu Yuchen walked to a seat in the back and said to the extra sitting there:

"Later, he'll hit you. It won't be a real hit on the face, I'll add 15 yuan for you, but you have to let him kick your leg hard. 20 yuan for one kick, how about it?"

The extra was overjoyed upon hearing this: "No problem, kick my leg as hard as you want!"

With that settled, Wu Yuchen walked over and asked Jiang Qinqin: "Are you ready?"

Seeing Jiang Qinqin nod, he shouted: "Alright, next scene, everyone to your positions!"

"Action!"

"Boss, this bastard won't give money!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Honglei tightened his brows: "Who? Are you looking for death, damn it?!"

Just as he was about to walk over, Jiang Qinqin, who had been bowing her head and shrinking her shoulders, immediately raised her head, squeezed a smile into her fearful face, and whispered: "Boss, no, no trouble."

Then she turned her head and shouted to the passengers behind: "Hey, you'd better just give the money!"

After speaking, she quickly lowered her head again.

Sun Honglei turned his head to look at Jiang Qinqin, then walked straight to the middle-aged man who wouldn't give money, kicked him hard, and then grabbed his hair and punched him twice in the face.

This kick was filmed clearly, but when punching, the camera was aimed at Sun Honglei's profile, so he didn't need to actually hit the extra's face.

"Cut!"

Wu Yuchen first went over and asked the extra: "Are you okay?"

Sun Honglei also pulled the extra and apologized: "Sorry, brother!"

The middle-aged extra smiled honestly: "It's fine, my thighs are all meat, a few kicks are no problem."

After speaking, he patted his thigh.

Seeing this, Wu Yuchen didn't say more and shouted: "Makeup artist!"

The makeup artist quickly ran over to apply makeup to the extra, mainly the miserable state of his face after being beaten; at the very least, nosebleed had to flow out.

After the makeup was done, Sun Honglei stepped forward and grabbed his hair again.

"Action!"

The camera was aimed at the extra's face. He was seen with a nosebleed, bruised and swollen, with a painful expression, covering his nose, and then obediently handing the money to Sun Honglei.

Then Sun Honglei slapped the man in the face again. The camera moved along with his hand to his upper body. Sun Honglei was seen slapping the man while holding the dagger in his other hand, glaring at everyone with vicious intent, intimidating them:

"Who else wants to cause trouble? Huh?!

I'll finish whoever does!"

As he spoke, the dagger in his hand shook in the air, and then the camera gave a close-up of the passengers nearby, who obediently lowered their heads.

"Cut!"

This scene was also filmed several times, with two times in the middle where the extra's expression was truly unqualified.

Subsequently, Wu Yuchen looked at the sky outside, which was already showing signs of turning dark. He couldn't film anymore, so he raised his hand and clapped: "That's it for today, wrap up!"

Everyone in the crew felt relieved upon hearing this and began to pack up their things.

The whole film was 11 minutes long. Today they had filmed about 4 and a half minutes of progress, which was basically qualified.

The next scene was the robber taking a fancy to the female driver's beauty and dragging her out to rape her. The character's emotions here were different from before, so it was perfect to leave it all for tomorrow's filming to facilitate the actors' adjustment of emotions and state.

……

The next day, in the bushes by the roadside.

"Cut!"

This scene was filming the robber raping the female driver. Wu Yuchen wanted to film a close-up, but it NG'd many times.

Wu Yuchen roared at Sun Honglei:

"Honglei, you look so fierce, why are you so soft when you really have to do it?"

Sun Honglei stood up, his face bitter and aggrieved:

"Director, I've never done this before, I'm nervous..."

"You're nervous? What do you have to be nervous about?

Look at Qinqin, she's the one being raped and she's not nervous!

Damn it, why are you, a robber, so nervous!"

Jiang Qinqin lay in the grass, looking up at Wu Yuchen scolding Sun Honglei. Hearing this, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, then quickly stopped. She had to film the reaction of painful struggle while being raped, and couldn't let this affect her state.

"Hurry up and adjust, let's do it again in 5 minutes!"

It wasn't like yesterday when the camera was off at the beginning. Basically, it was all live filming. Every time he shouted "Action," film was burning, so don't blame Wu Yuchen for his temper.

5 minutes later, "Cut!"

"Sun Honglei, are you capable or not?!"

Wu Yuchen shouted angrily, pushed Sun Honglei away, and got on top of Jiang Qinqin, who was lying on the ground.

"Damn it, you're so big, and you can't even tear a piece of clothing!"

Wu Yuchen roared at Sun Honglei while pulling Jiang Qinqin's collar tight with both hands.

Jiang Qinqin's outer red coat was naturally already open; what Wu Yuchen was pulling was the collar of her inner clothing.

Wu Yuchen turned his head to shout at Sun Honglei: "Just pull like this, just tear like this!"

As a result, I don't know if he was too involved, but his hands unconsciously used force, and then only a "rip" sound was heard, and the air instantly fell into silence. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====