Chapter 133
Pre-shooting test
At the end of each month, many celebrity studios will release their schedule for the next month.
Because Ling Sui joined the crew after New Year's Day and took almost no external work during the filming, Sui Si has been looking at contentless posters for four months this year, with only a line of small words "The artist is filming on the crew, and will be notified separately if there are any changes."
After waiting for a long time for the filming of Freedom House 3 to be completed, the fans were eagerly looking forward to it, but they never expected that the May schedule map would still be a blank poster, with only the small print changed to "rest and personal schedule".
Silence is the silk of seeing the itinerary map.
Someone was so determined that she zoomed in on every corner of the itinerary map, trying to find out where the naughty studio had written the activity arrangements, but unfortunately, her actions were in vain.
The fans’ smiles froze. Which rising artist would need to take a month-long break? Besides, didn’t Freedom House wrap up in early April? Even if you need to take a break, at least take part in some public activities to stay exposed!
The fans were a little disappointed, but still chose to forgive her.
Anyway, it is impossible for people to stop being fans. An artist like Ling Suisui who has both good looks and talent, hard work and strength, is absolutely unique in the domestic entertainment industry.
Moreover, although the young silks have the characteristics of pollen worrying about their careers, they are not so demanding about exposure.
When Ding Feng Bo was on the air, many people did buy shares in Ling Sui, the 2000 flower; but several years later, especially after she filmed several urban dramas that did not attract many fans, those who bought shares had long left, and she was rarely included in the inventory of popular flowers.
Fans and passers-by all agree that Ling Suisui will not take the traffic route. However, not many people cared about "The Game Is Online", which she finished filming last year, because it did not fall into the conventional idol drama track.
In May, Ling Sui came to the Shaanxi grassland.
This is the filming location for the movie "Zhao Jiang" and will also be her training base for the next few months. Not only did she have to practice fighting scenes indoors, she also had to practice horse riding on the grassland.
At the beginning, Tang Bing asked her to learn horse riding. After communicating with Ling Suisui, she changed the goal to let her learn horse riding and archery.
The equestrian coach thought it was a prop horse and thought it had nothing to do with him. He could just shoot it from the waist up. He didn't expect that the teacher and student were talking about real horse riding and archery, which choked the coach from Inner Mongolia.
Horseback archery? You guys really dare to think big, aren't you afraid of blowing your own trumpet?
"Don't worry." Tang Bing said to him, "My students have a basic knowledge of equestrianism, so you don't need to teach them the simple things."
Even though he said that, the coach was still a little nervous.
What kind of foundation can these children who grew up in the city have? Does it mean traveling to the grassland and experiencing wild riding a few times?
How can that be called riding a horse? It's the horse taking the person for fun!
If you want to shoot on horseback, you have to lead the horse and make the horse obey the rider's orders. The difference is huge.
He met Ling Sui with a nervous mood. When he saw her thin arms and legs, his heart almost broke.
How could Ling Sui, who was good at observing people's words and expressions, not know what was in his mind? She smiled calmly and greeted the coach, but did not deliberately lift up her sleeves to show off her arm muscles. After all, this would not be very helpful for riding.
The coach's surname was Wu. He first took Ling Suisui to see the horses.
By the way, this horse was brought from his hometown. Unless there are any accidents, Ling Suisui will use it for filming and training.
Ling Sui was surprised the first time he saw the horse.
"What a beautiful Mongolian horse." She praised sincerely, "It should be Ujumchin? Its appearance should be quite high in the population ranking."
The Ujumchin horse is known for its well-proportioned body, good endurance, strong physique, strong running ability, fast riding speed, strong hooves, broad shoulders and chest. It is good at both endurance and long and short distance running. It is said that Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period once rode this horse. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty also chose this horse as their official horses and guard cavalry[1].
Coach Wu was a little surprised. Ling Sui could actually recognize the breed of a horse?
Hearing her say this, he somewhat believed what Tang Bing said, "She has the foundation."
"Yes, this is the most beautiful horse I specially picked out."
Coach Wu stroked the horse's mane and said proudly: "Its name is Gerile, which means light in Mongolian. In order to make this movie, I was dragged by it for hundreds of meters on the grassland before I finally tamed it."
The crew initially wanted to find a Hanoverian horse. This warm-blooded horse is famous for being docile and well-behaved, not as wild as the Mongolian horse, and looks particularly good on camera. But when Tang Bing learned that Ling Suisui could ride a horse, he insisted on finding a Mongolian horse, so as to better restore the war situation at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
Coach Wu: "Can you use stirrups, or should I get you a stool?"
Geerile is a stallion, 1.4 meters tall (from the bottom of the horse's feet to the horse's shoulders). For Ling Sui, who is 1.68 meters tall, this is not a height that he can reach just by lifting his legs.
Ling Suisui smiled and said that these were not necessary.
She grabbed the saddle, stood up with her left leg, swung her right leg for leverage, then bounced up easily, twisted her waist and hips in the air, and sat steadily on the horse the next second.
Feeling the weight on his back, Geerile was a little resistant at first. Ling Suisui was neither anxious nor flustered. She made a clicking sound and patiently soothed its emotions.
She did not restrict Geerle's movements, but adjusted her posture and rode on it for a few laps.
If the rider is calm, the horse will not be nervous or afraid. Soon, the tamed Geerile calmed down and stayed where he was.
Coach Wu didn't need to do anything during the entire process, he was convinced by Ling Suisui.
After all, whether it was jumping onto the horse or the handling just now, the actress has proven her ability.
Coach Wu opened his basic equestrian ability test form, skipped the first two pages and turned to the third page.
Under his guidance, Ling Suisui rode Geerile to the training area. She and the horse had to complete an ability test first so that the coach could develop a dedicated plan based on her level.
After the test, Ling Suisui passed almost all of them successfully. If there was any regret, it was probably that Geerle suddenly refused to jump before the one-meter hurdle, resulting in Ling Suisui failing to pass.
Coach Wu comforted her: "It's already very good. After all, Geerle and you just met. I thought you wouldn't need the obstacles at the end, but I didn't expect you to jump to one meter. I'm not prepared for anything higher."
Well... this is also due to objective factors. Mongolian horses are great war horses, but their height gives them no advantage in equestrian show jumping events.
Tang Bing's choice of Mongolian horse means that there will most likely be no horse riding and jumping scenes in "Zhao Jiang".
It’s not a big problem, Ling Suisui doesn’t have to shoot this. Her original intention of practicing jumping was just to improve her control over the horse.
She said: "Usually the highest I can jump is one meter, and I am currently working hard to reach one meter and one hundred."
"You are so good, where did you learn this, have you ever fallen off a horse before?"
Ling Sui's equestrian training is carried out alternately between system space and reality, so at this moment she can successfully report her usual training location.
"I fell, but I pulled myself out of the pedals. I landed on my back three times, so it was nothing."
Coach Wu was very satisfied: "That shows that you have done a great job in emergency measures. Only those who can throw off the horse are truly good riders."
Although Ling Sui-sui’s modern equestrian skills are mostly useless, her control over the horse already provides a foundation for learning horseback archery.
Coach Wu went from being completely resistant to being excited. He even said, "Horseback archery is not the best thing. I will teach you some Mongolian horse riding techniques. You will lean over on the horse and do a head-down hook. It will definitely look really cool in the photos!"
Ling Sui was a little embarrassed. Coach Wu was too obsessed.
She could understand the horse bending over, which meant bending over to pick up something while riding a horse, which might be used in war, but the inverted hook was just a display of skill and had no practical value.
...Is it to avoid enemy attacks? If you understand it this way, it doesn't seem to be impossible.
Ling Suisui completed the baseline test with Coach Wu. After saying goodbye to Geerile, she walked into the indoor training ground. The martial arts instructor had been waiting for her for a long time.
As soon as they met, they hugged each other.
The two of them were acquaintances. Ling Suisui had known this martial arts director as early as the filming of "Freedom House 1". Therefore, the other party has a good idea of her fighting skills and there is no need to test her.
The martial arts director smiled generously and said, "To save time, let's skip the basics and go straight to the more difficult part."
He clapped his hands, and the twenty strong men scattered in the venue quickly gathered together and lined up in front of Ling Suisui.
Ling Suisui: ...
What are they doing? Are they going to beat her up?
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[1] Quoted from the encyclopedia entry on “Ujumchin Horse”
*The horse's name in this chapter has been changed to "Gerile"
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