Chapter 175 The drama
Xu Kun stayed in the capital for a total of two days, and was basically busy playing the role of a money-giving boy, distributing local specialties brought back from the south.
Only after meeting everyone he knew did he take the green train back to the Magic City.
In fact, when he was not famous before, he was not so polite, but after listening to countless people's experiences of dominating a place and ending up in disgrace in prison, he knew that the more proud he was, the more he should humble himself.
No one will care about you when you are unknown, but if after you become popular you are still as casual as before, someone will secretly accuse you of changing, becoming arrogant, becoming overconfident, and looking down on others!
They will try their best to recall the good things about you before you became famous, and then magnify the bad things about you after you became famous - even if you are still the same as before and have not changed at all, you will become an ungrateful person in their eyes, looking down on others.
Although these gossips may not necessarily affect your current status and career, they may very likely cause you to suffer a big setback in the future.
Not to mention this.
After returning to the crew, the shooting progress was not as rushed as it was at the beginning, but the number of times I transformed into Mr. Dick at night increased.
Ever since she made things clear with her husband Paul, Ning Jing's mood has been very unstable and she has to be injected with "sedatives" on time to cope with the daytime filming tasks.
In short, the "couple" performs literary dramas during the day and martial arts at night. Although they act together less often, their tacit understanding becomes deeper and deeper.
But even so, there will occasionally be continuous NGs that I can't get over.
For example, episode 38, scene 32.
This scene is about Zhu Yuanzhang personally forcing his eldest son-in-law to death for secretly smuggling tea. Empress Ma comes to him to argue about this, and happens to hear the news that her eldest daughter attempted suicide by hanging. As a result, the couple has a big quarrel.
This is also the scene with the most intense conflict between Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma in the entire drama.
Finally, Empress Ma angrily stated that she was waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to depose her and confer her the title of Empress. At that time, she would never try to endure humiliation and live like her eldest son-in-law did. She would wait until Zhu Yuanzhang threw the sword at her feet before committing suicide.
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang gave the order, she would immediately accept it, thank him, and then hang herself.
After saying this, she took a few steps away, but felt unsatisfied, so she came back and snatched the jade ruyi that Zhu Yuanzhang never left behind, and smashed it to pieces.
Of course, it fell on the sponge pad first during filming. After all, the crew did not prepare so many jade ruyi props. They had to pass all the shots before the jade ruyi was thrown before they would add a real falling shot.
Although Xu Kun had prepared for this highlight of the scene in advance, Feng Xiaoning was not satisfied with his performance during the official filming.
After shooting more than ten times without passing, Feng Xiaoning called Xu Kun over and pointed at the picture in the viewfinder and said, "The rage you showed in the last scene is fine when facing other people, but it's a bit off in front of Empress Ma."
Xu Kun frowned and asked, "Can you explain it in more detail?"
"Is this..."
Feng Xiaoning organized his words and continued, "Empress Ma is a unique existence to Zhu Yuanzhang. Even if he does not restrain his brutality in front of Empress Ma, it should not be like this."
It was still a little vague, but Xu Kun had roughly figured it out.
"Let me try again."
Xu Kun thought for a while, then started to quarrel with Ma Xiuying again. This time, he tried to add some aggrieved and unwilling emotions into his roar.
However, Feng Xiaoning was still not satisfied, because after adding these emotions, Xu Kun's explosive power also obviously decreased, which did not fit the tone of the most intense conflict in the overall situation.
I took the photo seven or eight times but still failed.
Feeling that the atmosphere on the crew was already restless - after all, this was a night scene - Xu Kun took the initiative to ask Feng Xiaoning for a pause: "Director Feng, how about this? Give me some time to think about it, and then we'll shoot again at 5 am tomorrow and try to get it done in one take!" Feng Xiaoning also felt that it was not a good idea to continue like this, but he couldn't think of a good solution for the time being.
After hearing Xu Kun say that he would try to get a pass tomorrow morning, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why, do you have an idea?"
"I thought of a weird idea, I think it should work."
It can't be said that Xu Kun was fully prepared, but he seemed quite confident, so Feng Xiaoning followed his advice and announced that they would call it a day for the time being, and that no one should move on the set, and that filming would resume at 4: tomorrow morning.
Considering that the crew would definitely be resentful because they couldn't get enough rest in such a short time, he mercifully said that as long as they finished filming this scene tomorrow morning, everyone could have half a day off.
At the same time that Director Feng Xiaoning announced the end of the work, Xu Kun quietly found Li Yixiang and said, "Brother Li, tomorrow morning, please go to a nearby restaurant and order 60 breakfasts. I want the most expensive and best ones, and also get 10 baskets of fruit."
The crew members have accumulated a lot of resentment because of the non-stop work, and Xu Kun doesn't want to become an outlet for them to vent just because he goes to bed early and gets up early - of course no one dares to mess with him as the male lead openly, but it would be disgusting enough if they used some tricks on him in secret.
After Li Yixiang agreed, Xu Kun turned around and saw Ning Jing, who looked gentle and virtuous, approaching him - according to the makeup in the play, the two of them had been playing from the age of eighteen to forty, and were about to reach the age of fifty.
"What are you going to do?"
Ning Jing looked at Xu Kun with some worry. Xu Kun's acting skills were pretty good, especially his captivating heroic aura, which was even more powerful and realistic than the original version.
But compared to the original protagonist Hu Jun, he is slightly lacking in literary drama - for example, the ability to mix more complex emotions into intense emotions is something he does not have yet.
Now it is only 4 hours away from 6: tomorrow morning. Ning Jing judged him by himself and couldn't imagine how he could improve his acting skills to a higher level in such a short time.
"It's actually quite simple."
Xu Kun said to Ning Jing, "Take out your cell phone and set a few alarms. Starting at 11:1, set an alarm every half hour. Starting at 3:, set an alarm every fifteen minutes. Starting at :, set an alarm every five minutes!"
Ning Jing took out his phone and was about to operate it, but was stunned when he heard Xu Kun's next words: "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, just brewing emotions."
Xu Kun spread his hands and said, "I'll put your phone at the door later. Every time it rings and you get up to turn it off, you'll remind yourself that this is your phone and the ringtone you set.
If I stay up all night like this, when I see you again, I will definitely be extremely irritable, aggrieved, and helpless—by the way, remember to change the name of each alarm clock to 'I love you'!"
"..."
Ning Jing was silent for a while before saying, "If you can keep this heart, you will definitely go further than me in acting in the future."
"Let me lend you some good words."
Xu Kun chuckled and motioned Ning Jing to set the alarm quickly - he could do it himself, but doing so would probably make him a few points late when it came to emotional expression.
After torturing himself like this for a whole night, Xu Kun woke up the next morning with an aura that said "keep away from strangers", especially when he saw Ning Jing, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire, but he also felt strong and aggrieved, but couldn't vent his feeling of frustration.
This time we started filming again and it was indeed passed in one take.
However, Xu Kun and Feng Xiaoning discussed it and shot two more takes.
This is not to ensure that everything is foolproof, but Xu Kun hopes to remember his current emotions and state, so that when he encounters a similar situation in the future, he can try to perform it without using any off-site means.
(End of this chapter)
