Chapter 370 How does the new era collide with the old era?

When Kong Zi mentioned the Xinhuo War, everyone's expressions suddenly became a little strange.

Indeed, the Xinhuo Battle took place just one year ago and was the first battle for all professional chess players entering the professional chess world. As the name suggests, the Xinhuo Battle symbolizes the passing on of the torch of Go.

Yu Shao's partner in the game of chess was Kong Zi. It was also in that game that the three-three strategy first appeared in front of the world.

A year later, looking back at the game of Xinhuo War from today's perspective, it is a bit humorous.

Now that they have studied Dian San San very deeply, when they look at the game of Xinhuo War again, they all have the feeling that Kong Zi is actually holding Yu Shao back in that game...

After all, at that time, everyone's perception of thickness had not changed.

So, in fact, many people privately teased Kong Zi about the game of Xinhuo Zhan, and Kong Zi should know this.

"Hahahaha, you must be Yu Shao, right? I've heard of your great name for a long time. It's true that heroes emerge young."

At this time, a slightly plump middle-aged man broke the somewhat subtle atmosphere, smiled and stretched out his hand to Yu Shao, and introduced himself: "I am Zhang Yufang, and I am also the director of today's promotional video."

Yu Shao immediately looked at Zhang Yufang, shook hands with him, and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you, Director Zhang. I have watched the film Red Float directed by you more than once. It is really well shot."

Hearing Yu Shao's words, Zhang Yufang's eyebrows and eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately found Yu Shao very pleasing to the eye. He pretended to be modest and said, "Hey, it's nothing actually. I wasn't satisfied with the film I made."

"It's so good even if you're not satisfied, what will happen if you are satisfied?" Yu Shao said in surprise.

Zhang Yufang was slightly startled when he heard this, and looked at Yu Shao in surprise. Then his smile widened and he said cheerfully, "Hahaha, don't look at Yu Shao's young age, but he really knows how to talk."

As a well-known director, Zhang Yufang has seen too many people who became famous at a young age, but those people are all somewhat crazy.

He originally thought that Yu Shao should be the same, or even more arrogant. After all, at this age, to have achieved such unparalleled achievements, he was somewhat arrogant.

What's more, chess players do not have any experience in society and are often not good at things like human relationships and worldly wisdom.

As a result, when Zhang Yufang met Yu Shao today, he found that Yu Shao was actually quite humble and polite, and his favorable impression of Yu Shao increased instantly.

"Now that the two protagonists are here, let's get ready, make a quick decision, and start filming as soon as possible."

Zhang Yufang turned around and shouted to the makeup artist, "Xiao Li, put makeup on Yu Shao Sanduan."

"Okay!"

A woman in her twenties with delicate makeup immediately responded, carrying a makeup bag, and came to Yu Shao. After Yu Shao sat down, she immediately took out powder puff and put makeup on Yu Shao.

"Director Zhang, how do you plan to shoot it?"

While the makeup artist was doing her makeup, Yu Shao asked Zhang Yufang curiously.

Zhang Yufang was adjusting the camera lens. When he heard Yu Shao's question, he smiled and said, "Have you read martial arts novels?"

Martial arts novel?

Yu Shao was startled, then quickly nodded and said, "Of course I have seen it."

"That's right."

Zhang Yufang looked very motivated and said: "I want to capture the feeling in martial arts novels, the atmosphere of a peak confrontation between two peerless masters."

"To be honest, because I also play Go and I can understand it, so when I see two players playing, it really feels like two great swordsmen competing against each other on Mount Huashan."

"The light will be dark and blue, with dense drum beats and a lot of montage editing, and the images will keep switching, speeding up the rhythm of the entire promotional video..."

Zhang Yufang threw out a series of professional terms. Although Yu Shao only understood half of what he heard, he could feel that Zhang Yufang was very confident about this shoot.

"It seems that Director Zhang is very confident about this filming." Yu Shao said with a smile.

"It's just a promotional video, how much trouble can it have? The promotional video is only two or three minutes long, and it was shot in one morning. On the contrary, the post-production color grading, editing and music composition took longer."

Zhang Yufang smiled and said, "You just need to make some expressions, such as nervous concentration, or solemnity, and then just keep playing chess."

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Yu Shao smiled and nodded.

Not long after, when Yu Shao and Jiang Changdong had finished putting on their makeup and the cameras in multiple positions in the studio had been adjusted, Zhang Yufang gave the order and the filming finally began.

Just as Zhang Yufang said, the filming process was not complicated. Yu Shao and Jiang Changdong just laid out a chessboard, kept placing chess pieces, and made expressions according to the prompts.

It is worth mentioning that in order to highlight the tension and intensity of the competition, Zhang Yufang even asked the staff to spray water on the faces of the two to simulate the scene of sweating on their faces.

The promotional video was only two minutes long, but it took us nearly two hours to shoot it over and over again before we finally finished.

"OK, let's call it a day. Thank you for your hard work!"

Zhang Yufang gestured to Yu Shao and said with a smile, "The only thing left is post-production, which will probably be finished in a day or two. I'll send the finished film to you two to take a look at then."

Seeing that the filming was finally completed, Yu Shao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Even though he was just sitting in front of the chessboard pretending to play chess, he had to make some facial expressions, so after more than an hour of filming, he was more tired than playing chess seriously.

Fortunately, it’s finally done.

Seeing that the shooting was completed, Jiang Changdong finally put down the prop folding fan in his hand.

Jiang Changdong actually didn't have the habit of holding a fan while playing chess. This was Zhang Yufang's request. The word "national player" was written on the fan. In Zhang Yufang's words, as a senior, holding a chess fan would make him more imposing.

Jiang Changdong was actually much more relaxed during the filming of this scene, because most of the time, Zhang Yufang only asked Jiang Changdong to keep a calm expression.

After shooting the entire promotional video, Yu Shao finally understood what Zhang Yufang was going to shoot.

Although neither he nor Jiang Changdong have any lines, Zhang Yufang obviously wants to tell a story with these micro-expressions.

In any case, Jiang Changdong is also the current national team title holder and a senior, while he is much younger in comparison and is a challenger.

Therefore, he was required to put on a serious expression from the very beginning, and then look at the chessboard nervously from time to time and fall into long thought.

Jiang Changdong, on the other hand, held a folding fan in his hand and tapped it gently on his palm, looking like a master who was as unmoved as a mountain.

This is a story about a young chess player challenging a senior chess player. Zhang Yufang's purpose here is obviously to make the senior player look calmer and more confident about the game.

But later, after giving a close-up of Yu Shaoluo's move, Zhang Yufang asked Jiang Changdong to start to look serious and to tap his palms with the folding fan more frequently.

This is obviously a story about a senior master who went from being calm and composed to finally feeling the pressure and starting to take precautions, and the game of chess entered a fierce stage.

Then, the two men kept placing chess pieces down, and sweat began to appear on their faces. It was obvious that the fight between the two sides was difficult to resolve, and they were wary of each other.

The entire promotional video ended here, and the final outcome was not shown, although judging from the chess record selected by Zhang Yufang, Jiang Changdong, who played with black pieces, won in the end.

This is understandable. After all, this is just a promotional video. Its purpose is to arouse the audience's curiosity. There has never been a precedent of determining the winner in a promotional video.

"I look forward to the finished film." Yu Shao said with a smile.

"Don't worry, it will definitely explode!"

Zhang Yufang patted his chest and said with a smile: "Although it's not post-production yet, I already have the picture in my mind."

At this moment, Jiang Changdong suddenly glanced at Yu Shao.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Changdong slowly stood up from his seat, and finally said, "The promotional video has been shot, and now all that's left is the challenge match."

Yu Shao was stunned, looked at Jiang Changdong, and then nodded.

Jiang Changdong withdrew his gaze from Yu Shao, turned around and prepared to leave the chat room without saying anything more.

Soon Jiang Changdong walked to the door of the talk room, stretched out his hand, and was about to push open the door of the talk room when he suddenly stopped as if he thought of something.

"There are many arguments online saying that you have started a revolution in the Go world and a new era has arrived."

Jiang Changdong turned his back to Yu Shao and the others and asked without turning his head, "Interesting statement, isn't it?"

After hearing these words, everyone in the audience was stunned and looked at Jiang Changdong's back.

Jiang Changdong still didn't turn around and continued to talk to himself: "If you win, the media should be very happy. A title at the age of seventeen, a new era of Go, either point is a gimmick."

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"This proves that the times are progressing and a new era is coming. It's a very positive topic."

"Besides, I have been a national player for long enough."

Because Jiang Changdong didn't turn around, no one knew what Jiang Changdong's expression was when he said this. Everyone just looked at Jiang Changdong's back in surprise and confusion.

What does this mean? Is Jiang Changdong going to lose on purpose? Even Kong Zi couldn't help but frown slightly, looking at Jiang Changdong's back.

However, everyone knows that, just as Jiang Changdong said, the media would rather see Yu Shao take away the national team title. After all, this gimmick is too big.

A seventeen-year-old national player, this immediately caused a sensation around the world and was absolutely big news.

At this moment, Jiang Changdong finally spoke again——

"Luckily, I have held the title of national player for so long, otherwise I would have missed it."

"Then let me see how the so-called new era of Go collides with the old era!"

After saying this, Jiang Changdong finally pushed open the door of the chat room and strode out.

The atmosphere in the entire chat room suddenly became a little subtle.

Everyone's attention was immediately focused on Yu Shao.

A show of strength! Everyone knew that Jiang Changdong's words were a show of strength, which meant that Jiang Changdong was extremely confident about the upcoming title fight.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yu Shao didn't know what to say for a moment.

"That old guy Jiang Changdong."

At this moment, Kong Zi suddenly cursed in the crowd.

A look of surprise flashed across everyone's faces, and they finally shifted their gaze away from Yu Shao and looked at Kong Zi.

Kong Zi walked up to Yu Shao and said in a deep voice, "I can't see that he really looks confident of winning."

"If he was really sure, he wouldn't say that. I've played against him so many times, and because of that, I know him very well."

Kong Zi said, "He feels the pressure. Don't be scared by his show of power."

"fine."

Yu Shao shook his head, and finally stood up slowly, saying: "It's meaningless to say more, the National Team Challenge will start in a few days."

Hearing Yu Shao's words, Kong Zi's eyelids twitched and he was speechless for a moment.

"I'm leaving too."

After saying that, Yu Shao strode out of the chat room and soon left it.

Jiang Changdong and Yu Shao both left, and everyone in the chat room looked at each other in confusion.

In the crowd, Zhang Yufang recalled the conversation just now and the almost visible confrontation between the two. He suddenly took a deep breath and whispered to the assistant beside him: "I seem to have some new ideas about the post-production."

The assistant widened his eyes and looked at Zhang Yufang in surprise, only to see Zhang Yufang's eyes shining as he looked at the backs of Yu Shao and Jiang Changdong.

"We can't limit ourselves to the chessboard!"

Zhang Yufang took a deep breath and said, "Perhaps the situation can be expanded a little. This is no longer just a battle between two chess players, but more of a battle between two eras!"

"I have a feeling that this title challenge will be beyond everyone's expectations. I can't wait to see the chess game in the title challenge!"

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When shooting the promotional video, Yu Shao and Zhang Yufang added each other to their WeChat accounts. Just two days later, Yu Shao received the finished film of the promotional video from Zhang Yufang.

To Yu Shao's surprise, the final promotional video was completely different from what he had imagined.

Originally, Yu Shao thought that the promotional video would tell the story of a young chess player challenging his senior, and how the senior chess player went from being calm and composed at the beginning to feeling the pressure, and finally the two of them had a fierce confrontation.

However, the part where Jiang Changdong remained calm and composed was deleted from the final film. From the very beginning, the two of them kept making moves with serious expressions.

I have to say that Zhang Yufang is worthy of being a great director. With the intense and dense drum beats and the chess pieces not falling, the atmosphere seems extremely tense. He actually managed to make a game of chess give off a sense of murderous murderousness involving thousands of troops.

What amazed Yu Shao even more was that in the final color grading, when his pictures appeared, the overall light tended to be warmer and brighter, while when Jiang Changdong’s pictures appeared, the light tended to be bluish and gloomy.

Finally, accompanied by the sound of passionate drums, the picture froze on a large panoramic view. On the left was him, and on the right was Jiang Changdong. The two were one bright and one dark, clearly distinguished!

This not only means that the two are black and white, but it seems to symbolize something more profound!

One new, one old, one light, one dark, one black, one white! [How is it? Not bad, right?]

Zhang Yufang sent a WeChat message and asked.

Yu Shao quickly typed back:

[As expected of Director Zhang, the filming is really awesome! 】

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