Chapter 32
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gu Chen still reached out and took the sword.
Just when everyone thought that this "Your Majesty Takes the Sword" atmosphere would have to include a sword dance to kill everyone?
Gu Chen calmly put away his sword, then asked slowly, "Where is the dressing room?" Forget about performing on the spot.
Li Jingwei: “…” Oh, what a disappointment. She had been imagining this scene of inviting the new Lord for a long time.
After satisfying her acting urge, Li Jingwei entered work mode and arranged: "Xiao Wang, take Teacher Gu to the dressing room to do her makeup." But she promised not to reveal her sister-in-law's identity.
"Let's re-arrange the scenes for this location and try to shoot Xie Jingyuan's scene today."
Then he stuffed Xie Jingyuan's script to Gu Chen and said, "Teacher Gu, you can take a look at it while you're putting on makeup. I'll explain the script to you when the time comes."
"Okay." Gu Chen took it in his hand and felt that it was indeed a thin volume and there were not many scenes in it.
Things were busy on the set, and Li Jingwei didn't pay too much attention to Gu Chen. She just arranged things one by one, and then took the time to direct the male and female protagonists' parts.
But everyone on the set was still in shock. The photography assistant kept turning his head towards the makeshift dressing room and couldn't help but whisper to her, "Director Li, is this Teacher Gu the one who danced with the sword on the top of the mountain yesterday?"
Li Jingwei smiled and nodded: "Yes."
The photography assistant covered his mouth and said, "Oh my God, how did you invite him? Is he an amateur? Or a stuntman from somewhere?" When they watched the video yesterday, they felt that Gu Chen's manners and temperament were perfect, but when they saw him in person today, they didn't expect his face to be so perfect. In this state, he is even better than the 30-year-old Yu Miao.
Li Jingwei said modestly: "Teacher Gu is an amateur, he just came here to make a guest appearance to save the situation. Please bear with him if he doesn't perform well later."
Upon hearing this, the assistant director simply interjected, "Well done."
There were definitely fans of Yu Miao on the set. The incident on the set was exposed last night, and a group of fans were led by the rhythm, accusing the director of deliberately targeting them, which made the assistant director very embarrassed. After all, he always felt that Yu Miao did not play the role well and blocked Yu Miao many times. Director Li was also happy that he had solved the actor problem so quickly and perfectly.
Li Jingwei also understood, and briefly mentioned it, saying, "It's okay, I've asked someone to investigate what happened last night."
After saying that, she raised her eyes and clapped her hands: "Come on, everyone, let's get to work!"
In the dressing room, Gu Chen was flipping through the script. The immortal respected by the world of cultivation was named Xie Jingyuan, who was arguably the first person to ascend to heaven. All the prominent figures of his generation had died, leaving him alone in eternity, until he accepted a "useless disciple" like the male protagonist, who was always making jokes and had a quirky personality.
He does not have many scenes, but it is not just "three scenes", but three scenes.
The first scene is an interior scene, which is in his fairy palace, where he gives instructions to the male protagonist. He does this more than ten times, but each time it is only one or two sentences, yet he aims to achieve the effect of instructing the male protagonist.
The second scene is the exterior shot here, which is to shoot his fighting scenes. Because he is the first person under the Ascension, his fighting scenes are very heavy and difficult, so in order to facilitate the actors, the script cuts his actions into small pieces.
Gu Chen focused on the fight scene that he was going to shoot next, and as he watched, he started marking it with a pen.
The stylist fixed his headgear and started to put on makeup, saying, "Teacher Gu, please close your eyes for a moment." He had done makeup for many celebrities. He glanced at Gu Chen's script and felt strange. How could this teacher's annotations be the same as those of a professional actor? Could he also be a graduate of a professional school?
It took more than ten minutes to complete this look, and Gu Chen was already feeling bored. After putting on his makeup, he took the script he had marked and went out, feeling that he had to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
"Director Li." As soon as Gu Chen called her, Li Jingwei turned around and looked at him immediately.
She just called Gu Chen Xie Jingyuan's own persuasion. After all, there is still a gap between ancient costumes and modern clothes. In fact, she was worried that Gu Chen was not suitable for ancient costume makeup.
But now that the makeup was done, she immediately had a sense of unreality...Gu Chen was not like a real person. The man in front of her was dressed in white, with a high crown and a wide belt. Xie Jingyuan's clothes seemed to be tailor-made for him, completely supporting the aura of the immortal. He had long eyebrows and pure eyes. His manners were dignified and had an ethereal fairy air. His thin lips had a kind of indifferent arc, which made people feel afraid to approach him.
It’s really the person himself!
The original author and screenwriter who was present at the scene didn't feel much when she heard their praises just now, but now she couldn't help but cover her mouth when she saw Gu Chen. Wasn't it possible that they took Xie Jingyuan directly out of her book?
"Ahem." After a while, Li Jingwei finally came back to her senses and coughed twice, "Teacher Gu, you should first learn some moves from martial arts director Teacher Xu, and listen to their explanation of how to operate the wire."
The temperament and aura were perfectly matched, but Li Jingwei was still a little worried. People who had never practiced usually couldn't do wire work well. If her sister-in-law couldn't adapt, would she have to practice for a while? It didn't seem realistic.
"Okay." Under Li Jingwei's slightly worried gaze, Gu Chen agreed lightly.
Gu Chen asked the martial arts instructor, "Teacher Xu, what do you need me to do?"
The martial arts instructor had seen Gu Chen dance with a sword yesterday. Since he was a professional, he was more excited than the others. He rubbed his hands and said, "After seeing you dance with a sword, I feel that the moves I designed are just a show-off in front of you. Can you incorporate your moves from yesterday into this performance? If there is a copyright fee, Director Li should not be stingy."
Since the martial arts director said so, Gu Chen didn't waste time and directly put forward his opinion: "Then can we shoot it in one take?"
"Ah?" The martial arts instructor was stunned, and for a moment he couldn't imagine it. "How can we shoot this in one take? It's very difficult."
It is extremely difficult to fly around while hanging on wires and perform actions. In order to serve Yu Miao well, he had cut the fighting scenes into many segments for Yu Miao. In the end, he was still struggling over whether to use a stunt double for some difficult actions.
Gu Chen showed him the annotated notes and said, "Let's connect them like this..."
"This..." Even though he had seen how amazing this teacher was yesterday, the martial arts instructor had to look at him with admiration and shock at this moment. He swallowed, gave a thumbs up and said: "You... are a tough guy who dares to challenge yourself." Instead of doing this, it would be better to just take off on the spot.
He said tactfully: "Why don't you try wirework first?" This is really not something that ordinary mortals can do.
Seeing the martial arts instructor's suspicious eyes, Gu Chen said nothing, nodded, and said lightly: "Okay."
The martial arts instructor and the wirework teacher put the equipment on Gu Chen and explained: "You will do this in a moment..."
He explained carefully, and Gu Chen listened quietly. After he finished, he looked at Gu Chen who didn't say a word, and asked with some concern: "Did you... understand? Do you have any questions?"
Gu Chen said: "Let's get started."
Teacher Weiya said, "Then let's try it first, please be careful."
As soon as he finished speaking, they saw Gu Chen calmly take off on the spot. The two teachers immediately exclaimed, "Oh shit." Before they could finish being shocked, Gu Chen flew back with ease.
Gu Chen said: "Teacher Xu, can we start filming?"
The martial arts instructor looked at Gu Chen's nonchalant way of trying out the wire act, and he no longer had any doubts in his heart. He couldn't help but say, "As long as you can do your plan yourself, there will be no problem at all. And this will save us a lot of trouble. Let's wait for a few directors to come over and discuss the specific details."
After the two scenes of the male and female protagonists were filmed, which were originally on the same outdoor location, it was time for Yu Miao's scenes, but due to his personal issues, it was not included in today's plan. Now it is put back on the agenda. Several assistant directors are relieved, otherwise the progress would be too slow.
So when they came to discuss Gu Chen's part, they had no disagreement with Gu Chen's opinion. Of course, the prerequisite was that Gu Chen could perform it in one breath.
Li Jingwei and several directors repeatedly discussed with Gu Chen and the martial arts director the actions, movements, and coordination of the extras... It was still unrealistic to shoot from the beginning with one shot, so they finally decided to shoot with three shots.
The first two shots were completed simply, and only the last shot was the main fight scene. Li Jingwei repeatedly reminded them, "Safety is the most important thing."
The coordination of actions between the extras and supporting actors had already been rehearsed before the substitution, so it wasn't difficult. Now everything depended on Gu Chen.
This was the famous scene of Xie Jingyuan, the top fighter of Xianmen, killing everyone. There were many cameras set up around. Li Jingwei stared at the monitor and said, "Three, two, one, action!"
Gu Chen was seen jumping lightly from the platform on the top of the mountain. With the support of the wire, he seemed to be walking on flat ground in the air.
They looked up at him from the perspective of the mountain. It was a cloudy day and the sun was mostly blocked by clouds, with only a few rays of sunlight leaking out from the gaps in the clouds. At the foot of the mountain, the "demon army was approaching". He seemed to be flying from the sky, his white clothes were whiter than snow, and the wind blew his white clothes fluttering, making his divine appearance even more dignified.
His eyes were indifferent and his posture was relaxed, but the powerful aura and oppression he gave off as he came with a sword in hand made people feel that he was the strongest man in the world.
Li Jingwei watched him flying in the air leisurely and with ease, unable to hide her excitement. This was the feeling she wanted! A truly strong person would not try hard to show that he was a strong person at all times and in all places. The real Xie Jingyuan should be like this, strolling leisurely in the garden and exorcising demons with the flick of his sleeves.
Li Jingwei was watching the performance, but the other staff members felt that acting skills were not that important at this moment. The more they watched, the more shocked they were.
Ahhhh!!! Can this person really fly! This can also fly? This does not need to stop? Is there really a human being who can fly like this in one breath? And fly so gracefully? Is this really the core power of human beings? Is this really a god descending to earth?
The martial arts instructor was nervously watching the supporting actors and extras, fearing that there would be a mistake in the connection. When he saw an extra in a panic, his heart tightened. However, this teacher Gu actually connected without a trace of pause? His swordsmanship could actually adapt to the opponent's movements? This swordsmanship was so smooth that it didn't seem like acting?
Indeed, this grand scene really doesn’t seem like a performance... It really is the Immortal Lord killing everyone!
So the whole audience watched Gu Chen flying around, and then the whole audience became stagnant.
The teacher operating the wire murmured, "I think... we should not worry about safety issues, but we should worry about whether Teacher Gu will fly away if the wire is not tied properly?"
Before Li Jingwei could come to her senses, Gu Chen had already landed steadily on the ground, made a sword flower, put the sword behind his back, and then looked back at the scene in front of him.
Li Jingwei looked at the monitor and saw Gu Chen looking back at her with an indifferent but arrogant look. She shuddered. She felt as if she had really been stared at by some powerful immortal. The kind of pressure that existed in novels did exist! Could it be that my sister-in-law was really a common immortal in her previous life?
Li Jingwei came back to her senses and shouted, "Cut!"
She stood up, walked to Gu Chen, took a deep breath and said, "Teacher Gu, have you really never acted before?" No actor she had ever seen could match her in terms of aura.
Gu Chen smiled and said, "Maybe I have."
Then he returned the sword to her and said, "Okay, Director Li, we're done. Do we need to reshoot? Or are there any shots that need to be supplemented?"
The other directors and staff members finally came to their senses, but were still a little stunned. They said, "It's over? So soon?" Several hours of preparation, and only two minutes of fun?
"Have you already gotten used to Teacher Yu's pace? Hahaha, aren't you happy that it ends so quickly?"
"Wow, I don't want it to end. Teacher Gu is absolutely beautiful. She's like a deity descended from heaven! Can you give Teacher Gu more scenes? Have more fighting scenes."
Li Jingwei and several directors re-watched the previous one-shot, looking for possible flaws. After all, with so many extras, problems were bound to occur.
However, they discovered that... Teacher Gu's mysterious swordsmanship could even save the crowd? Regardless of whether the moves were designed or not, he could follow them all?
Moreover, when Gu Chen appeared, the light and shadows of the sky, clouds and sunlight were just right. It couldn't be more perfect. Even if it was reshot, such good light and shadow conditions might not be found.
Li Jingwei originally invited Gu Chen to make a guest appearance, and at this moment she really couldn't bring herself to ask Gu Chen to shoot it again to see if it would be better.
Several directors looked at each other and said, "Is this... the end...?" It doesn't seem real.
Can the gods really only appear for two minutes? I am itching to add more scenes, but I just rejected Yu Miao's request to add more scenes. Isn't this inappropriate?
But it is such a pity that you can only watch a god perform for two minutes!
One of the directors said, "Teacher Gu, can you..."
Gu Chen nodded and said, "Let's end it. It's getting late. I haven't read today's book yet. I should go back." A guest appearance should be acted like a guest appearance.
Assistant Director: "..." Do you want to think about what effect you just produced? Why are you still thinking about going back to read?
"Have you ever thought about becoming a full-time actor?" One of the assistant directors poached him in public, rubbing his hands in anticipation. "Although Director Li cannot add scenes here, I have a movie in preparation. How about inviting you to be the male lead? How much will Director Li pay you? I can pay double."
Gu Chen said: "...No." Not only did your Director Li not pay you for the film, he even lost 50 million yuan. You should go back and have a rest early.
Someone still didn't give up and said, "Teacher Gu, why don't you add me on WeChat first? I can tailor a book for you. What topic do you like..."
"Teacher Gu..."
Seeing that more and more people were surrounding Gu Chen, Li Jingwei rushed to rescue him: "Teacher Gu is just a guest appearance, just a guest appearance, only this time..."
"Come on, Teacher Gu, the car has been arranged for you, please go and remove your makeup." Oh my God, if my sister-in-law was really deceived by these directors to film a movie, my grandfather would beat her to death, and her brother would beat her to death too.
Li Jingwei only breathed a sigh of relief after Gu Chen removed his makeup and safely got him into the car.
Now that she was free, she had time to read the feedback from her assistant.
The assistant has found out that the person who leaked the news was a staff member on the set. Judging from this staff member's Weibo, she has always been a fan of Yu Miao, so the remarks she made were all distorted facts from Yu Miao's perspective. The news of the termination of the contract was "accidentally" leaked by a staff member from Yu Miao's studio.
As for the fermentation of public opinion, it is not certain whether Yu Miao’s studio is behind it. All we can say is... several marketing accounts are maintained by his studio, so they naturally have to speak for Yu Miao.
Li Jingwei watched another video from a distant camera angle. From a distance, Gu Chen's performance was more intuitive and shocking. The sword dance in white clothes was stunning.
Now we have evidence and more convincing content. Regardless of whether Yu Miao actively pushed public opinion or not, he still has to pay a price. He can’t stop acting and continue to be the "white moonlight" of book fans and suck the blood of this character, right?
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