Just starting now?

This hasn't been taught yet.

The martial arts instructor looked at Meng Fu, then at the director, not knowing what to do.

If it was a week ago, Director Gao might have scolded Meng Fu and then put a speaker in her ear and asked her to learn.

But now...

Director Gao paused, then glanced at Meng Fu: "Then let's rehearse it first, you go get ready, we'll be hanging on the wire later."

As he said this, he called Qin Hao and Jiang Li over with a loud speaker.

Qin Hao and Jiang Li were sitting on one side, resting with their eyes closed. When they heard Director Gao calling them, they opened their eyes, stood up and walked over here, somewhat unsure of what was going on.

"The wire isn't hanging very high this time. Of course, if you're scared, you can call for a stop in the middle. The crew has a stand-in." When the two arrived, Director Gao was talking to Meng Fu.

When they heard about the stand-in, Qin Hao and Jiang Li didn't say anything and waited for Director Gao to finish speaking.

...

...

"Okay, I understand." Meng Fu turned the gun in his hand and walked towards Weiya.

After Meng Fu left, Director Gao looked at the two of them and explained the details to them: "You two should also get ready. We will shoot directly later. Meng Fu breaks in through the window and breaks the chandelier above her head when she jumps down. Qin Hao, you have to flip down from the stairs..."

"Director Gao, have we already started shooting?" Qin Hao was stunned when he heard Director Gao say that.

Director Gao nodded. He looked at Jiang Li, paused, and looked at Jiang Li gently: "Jiang Li, did Meng Fu ask you about the action scenes today, and about the prop guns of the crew?"

It is no secret that Meng Fu is studious in the crew.

Jiang Li is indeed better at fighting scenes.

Meng Fu had not yet learned from her martial arts instructor how to hold and shoot a gun, and how the bullet shells would fall down when shooting, but she just left like that. Director Gao had reason to suspect that Jiang Li had been harassed by Meng Fu the entire afternoon.

"Her? No," Jiang Li shook her head. "I was filming the whole day, or acting with Qin Hao and memorizing lines."

That's true. Today's event was centered around Qin Hao and Jiang Li. It's normal that she doesn't have time.

That's strange.

"Director Gao, Brother Hao and our Sister Li have been going home late at night these past few days. So when it comes to the part where the three of them are filming, let Brother Hao and Sister Li shoot first?" Jiang Li's agent came over with the two of them and couldn't help but laugh.

Director Gao was quite tolerant towards Meng Fu. I remember that she was very serious about filming. She should have understood it beforehand. At worst, she could just reshoot the scene later.

Hearing what Jiang Li's agent said, he thought about it and did not refuse. After all, Meng Fu had not made any preparations before this: "Okay, you all go and prepare."

"Thank you, Director Gao." Jiang Li thanked Qin Hao.

**

Qin Hao and Jiang Li both walked towards the hall. Jiang Li pulled her clothes and walked inside, thinking, "So, Meng Fu started before she even started learning from the teacher?"

"I'm not sure." Qin Hao shook his head.

"But fortunately, we can both go back on time tonight." Jiang Li smiled.

The staff is tying up the wire to Meng Fu.

The martial arts instructor was also present here. He originally wanted to explain the prop gun to Meng Fu alone, but Meng Fu refused, so he went straight to the next step and analyzed the movements of the three people.

The fighting scenes on TV are actually not as detailed as those in the scripts and novels. These are all broken down into movements by professional martial arts instructors, who demonstrate them first and then let the actors follow suit.

"After you get off the wire, remember the throat-locking position," the martial arts instructor spoke to Meng Fu and the others, demonstrating the movements very seriously, "and then kick this long table away. These will be used with the props later..."

As he spoke, Jiang Li demonstrated the movements.

"Yes, that's right!" The martial arts instructor's eyes lit up, and then he turned to Meng Fu, "Shall I demonstrate it to you again? Director Gao asked me to teach you a few more times."

The instructor has been to many film sets and has met many people who have no basic skills.

He listened carefully to what Director Gao said, so he paid more attention when facing Meng Fu.

Meng Fu looked at the time on it. It was 9:10 in the evening. She adjusted the wire at her waist and shook her head: "Thank you, but no thanks."

Director Gao made some changes to the following scenes.

The part where Meng Fu hits the chandelier and her solo fighting scene were left to the end, and the fighting scene between Qin Hao and Jiang Li was finished first.

"Kaka--" the director held up the loudspeaker and said to Jiang Li, "Jiang Li, you just hit the wrong direction, try again!"

Although Jiang Li and Qin Hao are both good actors, they also had some shortcomings in filming. It took four takes to shoot the opening scenes of these two.

Four takes, such a difficult scene, requires controlling the intensity, facial expressions and body movements, as well as the lines and camera positions. Four takes is already very good for an actor,

Jiang Li and Qin Hao spent fifty minutes on these four steps, and it is already ten o'clock.

"Thank you for your hard work," Director Gao looked at the two of them, "You can come back tomorrow to fix the rest of the scenes. Now, Meng Fu, get ready, wire artist, lighting technician—"

"I didn't even praise you and Brother Hao so soon." Jiang Li's assistant was a woman, much more attentive than Qin Hao's. The two of them were sweating profusely while filming, so she directly sent two towels over. "But fortunately, we can get off work on time, otherwise I don't know how long I would have to wait."

"Thank you." Qin Hao stood where he was and wiped the sweat off his face with a towel.

Subconsciously, I looked towards the shooting location at the back.

On the other side of the shooting, Meng Fu saved the wire and jumped down from the roof. After rolling on the ground, he pressed the ground with one hand and the prop gun stuck in his boot with the other hand.

When a bullet was fired at her, she leaned back and avoided the bullet directly.

Her series of movements were so smooth and flowing without any pause that it seemed as if there were no wires on her.

Everyone on the set knew that people who had never acted before might be a little scared when hanging on wires for the first time, but Meng Fu was not like that at all. She had a black veil covering her face, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

"This action is on point, and the details are handled very well!" Director Gao kept praising the martial arts teacher in front of the camera, "Meng Fu's detailed action design is beautiful."

The martial arts instructor, who was holding a bottle of mineral water, said: "..."

Several extras rushed over to grab Meng Fu. Meng Fu threw one person out with one hand, kicked another person down from the upstairs, leaned back to avoid the last person, flipped down the stairs, took out the prop gun from her boots, and pointed the prop gun in her hand at the chandelier while flipping down in the air.

There were several cameras on the scene, and when she flipped over, the cameras were already aimed at her details.

"Bang--"

The huge prop chandelier fell down with a sound.

At the same time, Meng Fu stood at the entrance of the wooden stairs, her right hand still holding a gun. The hall was in chaos. She squinted and turned to the chaotic hall, calm and composed. At the end of the gun, the bullet shell in the magazine fell to the ground.

Photographer No. 3 gave a close-up of the bullet shell falling to the ground.

Originally, Director Gao should have shouted "Cut" when they were on the stairs, because this scene could not be performed by ordinary people. However, Meng Fu's series of actions were coherent, and he was calm and composed, fearless, with unruly pride under his calm appearance. At this moment, Director Gao and the onlookers saw a living, cold-faced spy!

Director Gao, who was originally worried that Meng Fu would not be able to fire the gun, was stunned for a moment, then reacted instantly: "Go!"

After hearing this, Meng Fu bent down, picked up the bullet shell, and returned the prop gun and rubber bullet to the staff.

Director Gao re-watched the scene with Meng Fu and couldn't help asking Zhao Fan, "Did Meng Fu learn Kung Fu before? Did she shoot a gun scene? Not to mention the way she fired the gun, it seemed like she was holding a real gun. When she was waiting for the bullet shell to fall off, it was amazing!"

Zhao Fan also looked away in a daze. After hearing Director Gao's words, she paused and shook her head: "Strictly speaking, this is her first play."

Director Gao: “…”

It was only at this time that he realized that in addition to asking Meng Fu as few questions as possible, he should also try to ask Zhao Fan as few questions as possible.

He then turned to the martial arts instructor and said, "Meng Fu's fighting action design is much better than Jiang Li and Qin Hao's. The one where he twisted the person's neck with one hand and leaned back..."

He described Meng Fu's movements in detail to his martial arts instructor and listed a bunch of them.

Finally, Director Gao said his main purpose, "Can you design all the fighting scenes to be so beautiful in the future?"

After he finished speaking, he noticed that the martial arts instructor was looking at him without saying anything.

Director Gao's heart skipped a beat. "No, don't say it."

"Coach Gao, what she just did was not what I taught her," the martial arts teacher came back to his senses. He pointed at a move of Meng Fu and said seriously, "Coach Gao, look here, she was flipping down from the second floor on the stairs. You can clearly see that the wire around her waist is loose. Meng Fu used the force to flip down from the second floor. This is not a question of whether to teach or not. I suspect she knows martial arts. You laymen may think her moves are beautiful, but I can see that she has great skill in her hands. In terms of martial arts, I suspect she is more accomplished than me. Coach Gao, why did you just... let me teach her the moves in detail?"

Show off your sword in front of Guan Gong.

The martial arts teacher turned to Director Gao.

Director Gao: “…”

He wiped his face, covered his heart and looked at the screen, "Sure enough, it's still Meng Fu, she can pass this in one try..."

Director Gao looked at the time. It was already 10:05, so it wasn't considered overtime.

**

It didn’t take Meng Fu long to film the whole process.

After she finished filming, she would go to the dressing room to change her clothes.

Seeing Jiang Li, Qin Hao and others still standing on the edge, she stopped and greeted the two seniors.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Qin Hao reacted first and greeted Meng Fu.

Meng Fu was in a hurry to change her clothes, so she went straight to the dressing room without waiting for the two of them.

At the same place, Qin Hao, Jiang Li and others had not left yet.

"Brother Hao, just now..." Qin Hao's assistant coughed and spoke carefully, "Meng Fu shot so fast. Director Gao kept praising her fight scene. It only took five minutes to shoot it in one take. You and Sister Li both shot it four times..."

Filming a scene in one take is a test of an actor's skills, let alone such a difficult fight scene.

Of course, Meng Fu didn't hear what the assistant said. She chose the script herself and it was very close to her. She might still have some shortcomings in acting, but if she couldn't get this kind of fighting scene right in one take, then she would have lived in vain for so many years.

Originally, when the wire instructor was tying her up with the wire, Meng Fu wanted to refuse. She thought that not only would the people on the scene be scared to death, but they would also think that she didn't want to be serious about filming, so she didn't make this request.

"Very soon," Qin Hao nodded, and walked towards Director Gao as he spoke, wanting to see Meng Fu's scene just now: "She is very good at fighting scenes and expressions, and she is not afraid of the wire hanging."

The assistant followed him and said, "It doesn't count as overtime tonight."

"Why are you two still here? Go back and rest." Director Gao was discussing other supplies with the staff. Seeing Qin Hao and Jiang Li, he couldn't help but wonder, "Aren't you two in a hurry to rest?"

Having said that, Qin Hao's assistant looked at Jiang Li cautiously.

Before filming these scenes, Jiang Li's agent asked Director Gao to let Qin Hao and Jiang Li shoot first, so as to avoid wasting everyone's time by filming Meng Fu's scenes.

But now look...

Meng Fu passed it in just five minutes.

On the contrary, Jiang Li and Qin Hao took 50 minutes. Although these two people were not stuck in the play, under the premise that Meng Fu "took one take in five minutes", and Meng Fu was asked to shoot later, it was inevitable that it would be a bit awkward...

Meng Fu, who was disliked by them for causing jams in the play, was allowed to pass.

No matter how you look at it, it was Jiang Li and Qin Hao's "stuck scene" that delayed the crew's progress.

"Sorry, Director Gao, today we are the ones who have delayed the crew's progress." Jiang Li smiled to resolve the awkwardness.

Director Gao stood up and glanced at Jiang Li and the others. He didn't mind. "Don't worry about it. Don't compare yourself to Meng Fu. The four of you are not slow. It's Meng Fu who is not human."

Although Director Gao was surprised tonight that Meng Fu could use a gun and perform fighting scenes, it was not a big deal considering the foreshadowing last week.

After all, guns, fighting scenes, big characters and the like are not impossible to achieve as long as you practice and work hard.

But that abnormal memory cannot be achieved by hard work...

Director Gao didn't want to mention the fear of being dominated by Meng Fu anymore when he thought of it. Now the veteran actors had finished filming their scenes and he had no one to share his pain with.

Seeing that the director was not too surprised by Meng Fu's performance today, Jiang Li and Qin Hao looked at each other.

The two of them had to get up early the next morning to film, so they didn't stay long.

It was just that when returning to the hotel, Jiang Li returned to her floor first. In the elevator, Qin Hao's assistant couldn't help but say, "Brother Hao, no wonder Director Gao didn't praise you after you finished filming with Sister Li. Do you know why?"

"Because Meng Fu passed the next one?" Qin Hao glanced at him.

"Yes, but not entirely." Qin Hao's assistant went to the crew to inquire about Meng Fu after seeing her performance. After inquiring, he realized how good Meng Fu was in this crew. "Brother Hao, do you know that Meng Fu almost passed every take last week! Under her circumstances, let alone you passed three or four takes, even if you passed one, Director Gao might not even bother to praise you!"

"bite--"

The elevator arrived at the floor and the door opened.

Qin Hao looked at the assistant blankly.

**

Crew.

Director Gao was about to leave when he noticed that the props crew were still staring at the corpse with the middle headlight and had not left. Several of them were still whispering and discussing something.

That's strange.

Director Gao walked over curiously and asked them about the situation, "What's wrong with this prop?"

Because the investment father gave a lot of money, the program crew was very generous in using props.

When they saw Director Gao, the people in the props group looked at each other, not knowing where to start.

"That's enough," Director Gao glanced at them and remembered something. "Speaking of props, you guys were too quick just now. Meng Fu had just flipped over when you cut the rope. She's very skilled and not stage-shy. If it was another actress, the headlights might have hit her head or scared her. Next time, wait until the actress leaves the area before cutting the ropes."

Director Gao was talking about the scene in the play where Yan Li shot the chandelier rope with a gun.

There are not too many TV dramas with similar scenes, but they basically use split shots. When the actor shoots, the props team appears and splices the shots to give the effect of shooting the rope.

Sikong is common.

However, this time the props team left Director Gao a little frightened. Such a large crystal chandelier fell from above his head without any warning. Fortunately, Meng Fu was very calm. Director Gao felt that if it were him, he would definitely be so scared that he would forget how to express himself.

"No, Director Gao," the head of the props team explained after hearing what Director Gao said, "We are aware of the safety hazards you mentioned, but when Miss Meng was filming just now, the blades of our props team didn't move at all."

"It didn't move. How come the rope broke?" Director Gao was stunned.

The leader of the props team paused for a moment. "I and them originally thought that there was a problem with the quality of the rope, so we came to check it out. However, after checking, we found that the rope was nylon and there was no problem with the quality. We also checked it before shooting..."

"Then how..." Director Gao suddenly remembered something, turned around, went back to the office, held down the camera crew who was about to turn off the computer and go home, and pursed his lips: "Bring up all the shots of the last scene."