Zhang Yuan and Ji Chunhua, two seniors from Liu Xiaolingtong, ate and chatted.
Both of them are middle-aged, and they soon talked about the past.
“Let me tell you, don’t watch our crew filming in the ice and snow, the conditions are not good.”
“But it is much better than when I was on the crew of "Journey to the West"."
Teacher Six took a tactical step back: "In those days, there was no mature wire-a-wire technology in China."
"They were all stolen from the Xiangjiang crew."
"But I didn't learn it well enough. I used a crude method, sewing a few pieces of cowhide on steel wires and tying them to my body."
"That time when I was filming, the cowhide broke as soon as I was hung up, and I was slapped to the ground on the spot!"
Zhang Yuan straightened up, his eyes filled with shock.
He has encountered many dangers while filming, but he has never encountered an accident of this level.
"How are you?"
Teacher Six opened his clothes and there was a crescent-shaped wound on his shoulder.
“Five or six meters above the ground, it was hit by a small stone.”
“I fainted on the spot after falling, and I woke up half an hour later.”
“As a result, we have to film the next day!”
"There was another time when we were filming a red boy spitting out three flavors of fire."
"We didn't have a stand-in at that time, so we all did it ourselves."
"I was given a piece of clothing that was immediately lined with asbestos. The clothes were said to be flame retardant."
"Then they poured gasoline on me."
"It caught fire. Asbestos is flame retardant, but not heat resistant!" br>
"I was so hot that I rolled all over the floor and almost burned to death."
When Teacher Li said this, he glared: "I still don't like Wia, and I'm scared to see a gas stove. !”
Teacher Six is very face-conscious. If he hadn’t drank too much and opened his heart, he would never have said this.
Zhang Yuan listened with great interest, but Ji Chunhua looked indifferent.
He has a martial arts background and has been to Xiangjiang for filming. He has never seen any danger.
When filming "Drunken Master 2", for a scene involving jumping onto burning coals, Jackie Chan did it himself without using a stand-in, and his whole body turned red.
My eldest brother is like this, but his other actors are even worse.
In the 1960s and 1970s, it was not unusual for dozens of people to be killed or injured in martial arts in Xiangjiang every year.
But this is where the success of Xiangjiang Movies also lies, and this is also where it fails.
They dare to fight and fight hard, but they also dare to fight and fight too hard. They rely too much on their personal abilities, completely ignore the trend of the times, and have almost no development of the special effects industry.
The turning point for the Hong Kong film and television industry was 1993.
That year, Xingye's "Ji Gong" was released in Baodao, but the box office was not satisfactory, causing Baodao film producers who spent 36 million to purchase the distribution rights to suffer huge losses.
Due to special policy reasons, only 6% of cinemas in Baodao can play overseas films, and the remaining cinemas can only play movies from Xiangjiang and Baodao.
This has caused the Hong Kong film and television industry to be extremely arrogant and frequently offer sky-high prices.
After the failure of "Ji Gong", Baodao film producers united and asked the top management to open up restrictions on imported films.
It was also in this year that Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" was released!
This film made audiences around the world aware of the infinite possibilities of film and television special effects.
A martial arts movie?
Where are the special effects?
Having been attacked from both sides, the Hong Kong film industry is now in decline, with no chance of success.
Teacher Ji has seen the prosperity of Xiangjiang and also witnessed its decline. He has no complaints about the injury while filming, and just regards it as part of the job.
“Hey, people’s hearts can change.” Instead, he sighed with emotion.
Looking at such a rough man with a fierce face talking about feelings, Zhang Yuan felt that it was too inconsistent.
"Senior Sister Huang is so good. She is beautiful, has good kung fu, and also takes care of her family."
"But when you are rich and famous, you will be swaying, but you want to like some big wave girl in Xiangjiang ." Teacher Ji said regretfully.
Zhang Yuan recognized who he was talking about, it was Li Lianlian, who also appeared in "Shaolin Temple" and is now an international superstar.
This woman’s first wife was Huang Yanqiu, her fellow senior sister, and they gave birth to two daughters within three years of their marriage.
As a result, Lao Li turned around and fell in love with Li Zhi.
Indeed, there is a saying that Li Zhi is a tolerant person with a broad mind and outstanding characteristics.
But Wakawa's character and resume are definitely not comparable to his original wife.
Zhang Yuan actually heard about these things, but he just listened silently.
Beside the charcoal stove, the three of them had a tea party and continued chatting.
A series of sparse but heavy footsteps attracted Zhang Yuan's attention.
I turned around and saw several cameramen walking away from the shooting location carrying their machines.
"Why are you guys going?" Zhang Yuan asked curiously.
"Oh, Director Wang gave us a new task, take some empty shots." When the cameraman saw him, he grinned and said with a sigh.
“We thought, since it is an empty mirror anyway, we might as well take some interesting pictures.”
“No, the local Tibetan guide said that there are avalanches on the nearby Finger Peak at this time every year, so we I plan to film it and put it in the film to better reflect the magnificence of the snowfield.”
“Director Wang agreed?”
Zhang Yuan: ...
I finally know why our crew always gets into trouble!
It was all given to the conductor by Wang Xinming!
The camera crew said they wanted to film the avalanche, so he let them.
He is truly a person who dares to speak out and agrees with others at the risk of his own life.
Moreover, Zhang Yuan found that no matter it was photography, these guys always had a mentality of challenging nature.
I like to dig in wherever there is danger.
“How far is the avalanche from here?”
“It’s several kilometers away. The guide said we are very safe here.”
Zhang Yuan waved his hand and moved several people send away.
"Shaolin, Shaolin, how many heroes and heroes admire you..."
After drinking too much, Teacher Ji not only recalled the past, but also sang the theme song of "Shaolin Temple".
His voice sounds much better than feeding a crow with devil pepper.
Zhang Yuan covered his ears and looked at Teacher Six.
“Go and invite Tathagata Buddha!”
Liu Xiaolingtong:...
"Teacher Ji, stop singing, and you will attract the wolf again!"
Ji Chunhua:...
The game was finally over, and it has already been Near midnight, his ears buzzed and he fell into a dream.
Early the next morning, he got up tiredly and walked out of the tent. Many crew members had already begun preparations.
"Are those photography guys who shot avalanches back?" Zhang Yuan came to a camera guy and asked.
"No, they plan to squat for three days. If they can't take a picture, forget it."
Zhang Yuan was a little worried, but running to find them was unrealistic.
After eating something, he went to the director's side with Teacher Ji, Teacher Six, and Shu Chang to prepare for today's scene.
“Today we were filming the scene where the Blood Knife Patriarch persuaded Hua Tiegan to surrender, mainly with Teacher Zhang and Teacher Ji. Di Yun and Shui Sheng had basically no action scenes, all were lines and emotions.”
"The key is Teacher Zhang, your emotions have to be..."
While the director was talking, there were sudden rumbling sounds.
Zhang Yuan immediately turned to look at Ji Chunhua and said seriously.
"Teacher Ji, stop singing, let's talk about drama."
Ji Chunhua:? ? ?
"My sister opens her mouth?"
"Who else can make such a sound besides you singing?" Zhang Yuan scratched his head and asked doubtfully. At this time, Zhang Yuan discovered that Wang Xinming put his hands on his eyebrows to block the sun and looked up at the mountain peak not far away.
Rumble...
Zhang Yuan also looked in the direction of his gaze.
I saw a vast expanse of sky. On the white-capped snow peaks, a whole piece of white snow was rushing down the mountain at high speed, as if a white glutinous rice ball rolled down from the silver silk.
Human beings will always lament the greatness of man-made power at some point, until nature gives them billions of earthly native shocks.
The sound was like muffled thunder passing through.
That momentum is like the anger of a god.
That speed is like a strong wind.
That scene was so beautiful.
What is the miraculous workmanship of nature!
Zhang Yuan suddenly felt an extremely small feeling in his heart, as if Dashan was applying talcum powder on his body after taking a bath.
And the powder falling on the ground can easily engulf human beings completely.
What does destroying you have to do with you?
"F*ck!" Zhang Yuan was in a trance for a while. After he came to his senses, he immediately exclaimed: "Director, inform everyone quickly!"
"Yes!" Wang Xinming clapped his hands: "Find the camera crew and hurry up Film it.”
“This avalanche scene is so great, it needs to be included in the film!”
I’ll film your second uncle!
If the other party wasn’t the director and older, he would have really wanted to jump up and give Wang Xinming a Thomas Spin!
"No, it's too close to us, run away!" Zhang Yuan didn't even look back, he took Shu Chang's arm and ran away.
Shu Chang gave him a strong tug and almost took off like a kite.
Teacher Ji and Teacher Six were quick and quickly escaped.
Zhang Yuan was running when he suddenly stopped and patted Shu Chang on the shoulder: "You go first."
"Brother Yuan, it's dangerous, don't go back."
"We don't want anything, just save our lives!" When Shu Chang said this, there were tears in his eyes.
What should she do if Zhang Yuan is gone?
“Things don’t matter, but people do!”
“I have to take care of these idiots!” Zhang Yuan rushed towards a cameraman who was carrying a machine and taking pictures of the snow-capped mountains.
“Don’t be so dedicated at this time!”
Good guy, everyone from the director to the cameraman worked hard, right?
"No, no, no, no, they went out specially to take pictures and couldn't take any pictures. I can't waste the opportunity given by God." The cameraman's face was full of excitement.
Zhang Yuan didn't care to talk to him anymore and directly put the other person on his shoulders.
The result was that the camera brother was carrying the machine, and Zhang Yuan was carrying the camera brother. The two of them trotted out of the camp.
"Run slower, you're too shaky."
Zhang Yuan: WDNMD...
Destroy it, hurry up, I’m tired!
After more than an hour, the snow-capped mountains became quiet again.
The guide said that the mountain god yawned just now and fell asleep again.
Under the guidance of the guide, everyone returned to the shooting location.
Tents, props, machines, supplies...all are there.
The avalanche looked close, but in fact it did not collapse the camp at all.
The guide who ran out to explore the road came back with a blue face.
Good news, the campground is fine.
Bad news, the avalanche passed by less than 800 meters from here...
On flat ground, 800 meters is very far, and it takes more than ten minutes to walk on flat ground.
But on snowy mountains, if the angle of the avalanche deviates by one to two or two degrees, the gap of several hundred meters will be easily erased.
“It’s okay, just keep shooting.” Wang Xinming’s nerves had long been numb and he didn’t take it seriously at all.
"Slow down, director, I think we need to talk."
Zhang Yuan pulled the director aside.
And brought several leading actors together.
"Director Wang, I think the crew can no longer live in the snowy mountains."
"We have only lived here for a few days, and we suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning and an avalanche."
"It's okay during the day, everyone is awake. If there is an avalanche in the middle of the night, everyone will die here before they have time to run!"
"Yes!" Mr. Liu rarely agreed with others: "I agree with Zhang Yuan's opinion. ”
"I also think Zhang Yuan is right, human life is more important than filming." Teacher Ji also said with a serious face, even viciously.
“I also think Brother Yuan is right.” Shu Chang accepted it completely.
Director Wang thought for a moment. The more than four-hour round trip was indeed torturous, but compared with it, the death threat seemed more terrifying.
The director turned around and went to find all the members. After a final vote, 90% of them agreed to live down the mountain.
After all, a hotel is much more comfortable than a tent, it is safe, the food is good, and there is a hot shower.
The women on the set had already started complaining.
The remaining 10% that don’t matter are all cameramen who are desperate for their lives...
The last cable car in Gongga Snow Mountain is at 5:30.
But that was the departure time for the top and bottom of the mountain. They were halfway up the mountain, and the cable car passing by was around six o'clock at the latest.
Anytime it gets late, it will be pitch dark on the snow-capped mountains, and even the cable car will be dangerous.
At around seven o'clock in the evening, the crew finally arrived at the hotel at the foot of the mountain.
In order to be cheap, the hotel the crew rented was far away from the scenic spot, and it took more than half an hour to drive.
After taking a hot bath, Zhang Yuan, who was exhausted, lay down on the bed, his whole body seemed to fall apart.
The cameraman added a camera weighing more than 200 pounds. He carried it for hundreds of meters and almost vomited blood from exhaustion.
After it was over, the elder brother took his arm and shook it hard.
"Thanks to you, I may only have this opportunity to shoot an avalanche up close in my life!"
Zhang Yuan wanted to complain, but he was too embarrassed to speak when the other person was so excited.
Everyone has different hobbies and pursuits. These photographers are like wolves, yearning for the vastness of nature.
After sending this person away, he remembered that there was no signal on the snow-capped mountains and his mobile phone was useless. It had long been out of power and turned off.
While on the mountain, only the director had two satellite phones, and he kept one as a spare. Others had no means of communicating with the outside world.
Fortunately, the battery of mobile phones in those days could be replaced without having to wait for charging, which was really convenient.
I changed the battery, clamped the dry battery to the universal charger, plugged it into the socket, and the house immediately appeared in KTV-like colors... It was the universal rechargeable marquee.
Didi, didi...
As soon as I turned on my phone, I received several text messages.
“Call back when you have time.”
Obviously they were sent by friends who couldn't contact them.
“Guo Degang came to see me.”
“There is also Jia Jingwen.”
“Boss Cai is also there.”
“And... Zhang Big Beard? ”
Scroll to the bottom and there is a text message from Liu Qianqian.
"Zhang Yuan, you killed me!"
"Why don't you answer the phone."
"Are you avoiding me."
"Huh, don't reply to me, right? I'll ignore you!"
Zhang Yuan was about to reply when there was a knock on the door.
He stood up and opened the door, and what he saw was Shu Chang with red eyes... (End of Chapter)