Chapter 236: Use your strength to defeat the enemy! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
After more than a week of intense preparations, the filming of "Super Hero Huang Jiguang" produced by the Agricultural Film Research Institute and co-produced by Heguang Culture and Tongchen Society has officially begun.
There was no opening ceremony, and there was no announcement about the start of filming. The filming started on a barren mountain eight kilometers east of Chengdu where the Agricultural University studies soil.
The script of "Super Hero Huang Jiguang" is actually divided into two parts;
The main line is from October 13, 1952, the eve of the Battle of Shangganling, to the time when Huang Jiguang died on October 20, Huang Jiguang’s combat experience in the Korean battlefield.
The double-line part uses the form of interludes to show the life of Comrade Huang Jiguang before joining the army and the recruit training after joining the army - this part of the plot takes place in the summer.
This creates an uncomfortable situation for actors - in the middle of summer at the end of August, they have to shoot autumn and winter scenes.
Although this kind of thing is very common in Rongdian, it is still a great test for actors.
But this did not trouble the crew of "Super Hero".
As long as your thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties!
In order to ensure the normal progress of the filming, the crew adopted a staggered shooting plan; the autumn scenes that required wearing cotton-padded clothes were shot in the early morning, and the summer clothes were shot during the day.
Although you won't get hot anymore, you still need to get up early.
For several days, the students of Tongchen Society went out early and came back late. The grand scene of going from school to the studio together at around three o'clock every morning surprised even the leaders of Agricultural University.
You know... among the students who participated in the shooting, there were also many freshmen who had just entered the school!
These young people who have just finished the college entrance examination and entered the Agricultural University campus are in the period of relaxation and rebound after the high pressure in life.
Many people go through ten years of hardship, especially after three years of high school, and their only thought when they go to college is to let themselves go.
But now... my dear, I got up earlier than a chicken!
Especially seeing that the recruitment of new members of Tongchen Society was in full swing these days, and seeing that the upcoming military training would be affected, a group of school leaders couldn't sit still.
It’s around 7 a.m. on the set of “Super Hero”.
Principal Huo Renhong, Director of the Academic Affairs Office Wang Mingqi, and other school leaders gasped and stood on the hilltop set where the scenery had been completed and looked like a real battlefield.
"Hey, good guy. Dean Chen, you guys are really putting up a big fight this time!"
Looking at the crowds of people outside the studio during the filming break, and the students who had made themselves as dirty as little devils early in the morning, Huo Renhong pointed to the studio with a wry smile.
"I know there are many members in the Tongchen Club, but these new students have to come with four to five hundred, right? There are more than 2,100 new students in our school this time, and the crew of your Film and Television School has brought in a quarter of them. Come on! Good guy, if you continue like this, I, the principal, will probably become a polished commander!"
Standing next to Huo Renhong, Chen Delu burst into laughter.
"Principal, this has nothing to do with our film and television school. These freshmen come here mainly to watch the fun and feel that filming is fun. Now that the set and other things are finished, we don't want to use so many people! More than a thousand people gather on the set every day Man, the pyrotechnics team on the set is extremely nervous every day, for fear of causing some trouble."
“You must pay attention to safety issues!”
Hearing what Chen Delu said, Huo Renhong quickly became serious.
"Don't worry, principal. When we are filming a martial arts scene, non-essential actors and staff are not allowed to go up the mountain. Moreover, explosion scenes usually take place in the early morning, and non-core crew members are absolutely not allowed to enter the set."
After receiving Chen Delu's explanation, Huo Renhong relaxed a little.
On the side, Vice Principal Wang Guoli, who came to watch the excitement, laughed, pointed at Chen Delu, and said jokingly;
"Old Chen, you recently started a research institute and film and television projects. I think your film and television academy is quite ambitious!"
"Hey, Vice President Wang, don't talk nonsense. What bad intentions can our Film and Television School have? As the shortest established part of the school with the weakest foundation, we just want to improve the level of the team."
Staring and waving his hands, Chen Delu denied it.
"In the past two years, I have seen the teaching in the college and I feel worried. You all know the strength of the teaching staff in our college. As soon as the students come to class, the PPTs opened by the teachers are all messed up! Take the directing major of our film and television college, which is now digital After shooting, what does the professional photography course teach?
They even used chemical solutions to wash the films in a dark room! Technology has been obsolete for more than ten years. If we don't come up with some new tricks to upgrade teachers and students, students will be unemployed after graduation. How high is the employment rate for this year’s graduates? "
In fact, education is out of touch with society, and education methods lag behind social development. This is not just a problem of film and television schools, but is prevalent in the entire Agricultural University and even the entire education sector.
After hearing what Chen Delu said, Huo Renhong nodded thoughtfully, smiled at the people behind him, and waved to the set.
"What Dean Chen said makes sense. Haha, let's study today and see the new education methods of our Film and Television School? Let's go!"
At this time, in front of the tunnel interior studio set up on the hillside, the crew was preparing for the next scene.
Seeing Huo Renhong and others coming over, the executive director of the set, Sun Jingnan, a professor of the directing department, quickly put down the script in his hand.
"Leave us alone and continue."
Although it was after seven o'clock in the morning, the temperature at this time was still 24 to 5 degrees.
Looking at Li Youzhi and others who were wearing cotton-padded costumes and squatting in the tunnel interior, sweating and constantly wiping sweat and applying make-up, Huo Renhong nodded gently.
"What are you filming for this scene?"
"Principal, this scene is about the enemy attacking the second position. Only the protagonist Huang Jiguang and the instructor from the recruit company were left on the position. Communication was interrupted, Huang Jiguang was unable to call for help, and the instructor died."
After hearing what Sun Jingnan said about the plot, Huo Renhong nodded.
As the president of the Agricultural University, I actually don't pay much attention to Huo Renhong from the Film and Television School.
After all, the Agricultural University is an agricultural university. Apart from the school work report, there has only been one time in such a long time that I really paid attention to the School of Film and Television; it was the school anniversary.
"Huh? This actor...is not the one who played Song Yingxing last time..."
Seeing Huo Renhong raising his hand in surprise and pointing at Li Youzhi, who was brewing emotions in the tunnel, Chen Delu chuckled.
"Principal, Li Youzhi. This guy has now been admitted to graduate school and is currently an assistant researcher at our Film and Television Research Institute."
At this time, in the interior studio, assistant researcher Li Youzhi was brewing emotions.
He saw the school leaders who came to inspect outside the inner scene, but today's scene was already the last scene in the first half of the film.
As the actual person in charge of the entire crew and the lead actor, he is no longer in the mood to flatter anyone.
Glancing at the school leaders and the freshmen students of Tongchen Club standing outside the interior scene, Li Youzhi maintained the emotion in the script and raised his hand to indicate that it was time to start.
Seeing Li Youzhi getting ready, Sun Jingnan quickly stood behind the monitor.
"Scene 17, 4th shot of "Huang Jiguang", once! At 14:10, position 2 is lost... Ike God!"
"Dear volunteer brothers, you have worked hard! Your position has been destroyed by 300,000 artillery shells. Think of your families, children, and give up resistance as soon as possible..."
"We have hot water and food here... we can ensure your safety..."
As the on-site field staff used a loudspeaker to simulate the enemy's surrender broadcast, Li Youzhi in the tunnel picked up the ground wire of the walkie-talkie, sweating profusely, and laboriously inserted the ground wire of the walkie-talkie into the tunnel. in the mountains.
"Li Zhuang Li Zhuang, I am Zhang Zhuang! Please reply if you receive it! Please reply if you receive it!"
The call made a muffled echo in the empty tunnel, but there was no response from the walkie-talkie.
"Jiguang..."
A weak call sounded in the tunnel.
Hearing the hoarse and weak voice, Li Youzhi, covered in dust and sweat, with blood on his face, panting violently, and feeling like he was losing all his strength, got up from the ground and ran to the source of the sound using his hands and feet. at.
Off the field.
Looking at the scene in one second, he was just sitting there and brewing emotions, but now he was in the state of Li Youzhi who had just finished a big battle. Even Huo Renhong, who didn't know much about acting, let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing the instructor lying on the ammunition box again, his face covered with flesh and blood, and his whole body looked like a bloody gourd, Huo Renhong, who had rarely watched movies and TV shows in recent years, couldn't help but pursed his lips.
Although he was standing at the scene, in a daze, Huo Renhong seemed to have returned to his childhood.
In a daze, the adults in the village huddled in front of a canvas made of white sheets, and the feeling of watching an old Bayi movie came over my face.
This feeling does not mean that the picture and plot are old, but that... a layman can't explain it, and can only summarize it as a simple, thick... texture!
"Instructor, I am the inner instructor."
Interior view.
Li Youzhi crawled to the instructor's side on his hands and knees, and grabbed the instructor's bloody palm with trembling hands.
"Wipe the blood on the gun... clean, otherwise, it won't be used..."
Looking at the instructor's terrifying face with flesh and blood spread out, Li Youzhi's nasal voice became thicker.
"Wipe it off, instructor, I wiped it off."
He clutched that hand as if desperately, shaking his head, tears falling from his trembling face along with sweat and blood.
Looking at Li Youzhi, who was completely filled with emotion in the interior scene, and the acting teacher who played the role of instructor, who also contributed textbook-like acting skills, Huo Renhong's eyes became moist.
"Dean Chen, when you came here just now, you told me that this drama was originally a political propaganda project of Rong Film Group. But because the other party was not optimistic about the subject matter, they rejected the project budget?"
Seeing Chen Delu pursed his lips and nodded, Huo Renhong took a deep breath.
"Rongying is now a little too focused on efficiency and has forgotten their own positioning."
"Huh? Principal, are you leaving?"
When he looked up, he saw Huo Renhong muttering incoherently and walking down the mountain. Chen Delu hurriedly chased after him.
"Dean Chen, please stay. I'll go to the radio and television side. As a principal, I have invested too little energy in your film and television school."
Listening to Huo Renhong's dissatisfied tone, Chen Delu grinned.
"Principal, please walk slowly! I will report to you later!"
Watching Huo Renhong leave with the wind at his feet, Chen Delu put his hands behind his back and narrowed his fox eyes.
"Okay! Go!"
Wow!
Behind him, there was a choked roar, followed by a wave of applause.
In the interior scene of the tunnel, Li Youzhi wiped the snot and tears from his face and quickly took off his costume with the help of several junior brothers.
While taking a bottle of ice-cold mineral water and draining half of the bottle, he waved to Sun Jingnan.
After taking the hard drive handed over by the other party, he didn't have time to wipe off the stains on his face, so he picked up the dedicated driver Chen Delu and headed down the mountain.
…
The editing room of the school station.
It took one day to complete all the editing and post-production work for the first half of "Super Hero Huang Jiguang", and Li Youzhi stretched himself greatly.
Seeing that the time had reached four o'clock in the afternoon, he silently turned on his phone.
After ten days of fermentation, the number of followers of "Super Hero Huang Jiguang"'s Douishou account has exceeded 2 million.
Li Youzhi curled up his lips when he saw that the post posted ten days ago had exceeded 1.5 million likes.
The three million production fee has now been completely spent.
It's time... let Rongying renew his subscription.
With this in mind, he opened his own Beep station, flicked his hands to the backends of the two platforms, and uploaded the video that had been divided into three parts and had been compressed.
Then, he controlled the mouse with one hand and picked up the phone with the other, and dialed Liu Zhenyang's phone number.
The phone rang for a long time before it was finally answered.
"Hello?"
Hearing Liu Zhenyang's voice on the other end, Li Youzhi smiled humbly.
"Mr. Liu... I am Li Youzhi from the Agricultural Film Research Institute. Do you remember it?"
"Oh, what's wrong?"
"Um...our current film project is half-finished, and the funds are not enough. See if you can..."
Snapped!
Li Youzhi grinned when he heard the decisive hang-up sound on the other end.
The last bit of psychological burden is gone... then, Brother Zhi will feel at ease!
[I'm sorry to inform you that the filming of "Super Hero Huang Jiguang" has been interrupted due to funding issues, and subsequent investment is far away. The first film I shot with my classmates was aborted, and now I have decided to release the good parts... If there is no follow-up, please forgive me! 】
Putting down the phone, Pa Pa Pa Pa added a bold and enlarged introduction under the title of the video, and Li Youzhi directly chose to upload it!