Chapter 27 Classic Shots
Li Quan once watched a movie starring Lu Wanqi on the recommendation of a friend and had a good impression of Lu Wanqi.
Lu Wanqi's image and temperament are very consistent with the requirements of the heroine in his next film, so after meeting Lu Wanqi, he took the initiative to come over and chat with her.
When Li Quan heard Lu Wanqi recommend her friend as a stand-in, his impression of Lu Wanqi took a sharp turn for the worse.
The two of them had only exchanged a few words, barely even knowing each other. In such a situation, asking someone to do something for you is a bit too utilitarian, isn't it?
There is never a shortage of roles in Li Quan's films. He chose Lu Wanqi simply because he thought she was more suitable. There were so many actors available for him to choose from.
But since Lu Wanqi had already asked, he couldn't refuse, so he decided to let the young man give it a try.
Just don't turn on the camera at that time, and you won't waste film. It will only take a few minutes at most.
However, it is hard to say whether Lu Wanqi, who left a bad impression on him, will appear in his movie next time.
Li Quan pointed to the second-floor balcony and said to Tang Shuo, "Can you jump up there? I don't need something that requires climbing. I need something that feels beautiful. Do you understand me?"
Tang Shuo glanced at Lu Wanqi and Xiao Ran, who were both full of encouragement, and nodded, saying, "I'll give it a try."
Lu Wanqi's mind is simple, but she is not stupid. She must understand what that rash recommendation just now meant.
If Li Quan came to ask him to dance, he might not agree even if it was carried by eight people in a sedan chair.
But now, no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't let Lu Wanqi lose face, not to mention that it was not difficult for him at all.
The crew members were also intrigued by this sudden audition and gathered around to look at Tang Shuo.
Tang Shuo walked to the place where the kung fu stuntman had just jumped, took a deep breath, and suddenly jumped up, stepping on the pillar next to him.
Then, in a way that defied physics, his entire body spun 360 degrees in the air, and by the time his feet landed on the ground, he was already standing on the railing of the second-floor balcony.
Li Quan widened his eyes in slight surprise, seemingly still in a daze.
His requirement is that it must have beauty, but this is a bit too beautiful.
Even if the professional Kung Fu stuntman just now was wearing a set of wire harnesses, this set of movements wouldn’t be so smooth!
He never thought that this young man would succeed. The kung fu stunt double he hired at a high price could not meet his requirements. How could an unknown little person succeed?
At this moment, Li Quan realized that the group of people he had hired at a high price were complete good-for-nothings.
This is what action movies should be like!
The crew members filming on the sidelines were all staring at Tang Shuo in amazement. Most of them had filmed many action movies and worked with many kung fu superstars, but none of them had ever seen anyone perform moves like Tang Shuo.
Seeing Tang Shuo succeed, Lu Wanqi and Xiao Ran smiled and clapped their hands in tacit understanding.
Zhang Yulun, who was standing next to them, nodded and said to the two of them, "Your friend is quite amazing."
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Some are happy and some are sad.
A middle-aged man who was originally sitting on the sidelines gloating when he saw Tang Shuo actually succeeded, his face instantly fell.
He is Huang Sheng, the kung fu stuntman hired for this film. He also serves as the martial arts instructor of the film. Some of the difficult actions in the film that the male lead and the second male lead cannot accomplish will be performed by him.
He started practicing Kung Fu when he was young and is also well-known in the film industry.
Isn’t this guy who suddenly appeared here to steal my job?
Huang Sheng's face darkened as he spoke to the man beside him in Cantonese: "If he comes to be your replacement later, don't follow the routine. Give him a lesson."
After hearing this, the man smiled grimly and nodded at Huang Sheng.
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Li Quan came back to his senses and said to Tang Shuo excitedly, "Little brother, have you ever practiced martial arts before?"
"Yeah." Tang Shuo jumped down from the second-floor balcony and answered.
"What kind of boxing are you practicing?" Li Quan asked.
"There are all kinds of punches, quite diverse." Tang Shuo scratched his head and said.
He has indeed practiced many kinds of boxing.
He knew a little bit of some famous and less famous boxing styles, and later when he joined '037', he learned fighting and judo based on these skills... It can be said that his skills were quite diverse.
Lu Wanqi and Xiao Ran came over and asked, "Director Li, can Tang Shuo be the stand-in?"
"No problem, of course no problem." Li Quan immediately said: "Xiao Wang, take him to change clothes."
A woman with a backpack stood out from the crowd, greeted Tang Shuo, and took Tang Shuo to change clothes.
When Tang Shuo appeared again, he was wearing the same gray suit as Zhang Yuluan.
Li An's eyes lit up and he nodded in satisfaction to Tang Shuo.
Compared with Zhang Yulun, Tang Shuo is slightly inferior in appearance, but his sunny and cheerful image makes him more masculine.
"Huang Sheng, you tell Tang Shuo what the routine will be later." Li An said.
Huang Sheng stepped forward and began to explain to Tang Shuo how to attack and how to dodge after the shooting started.
His Mandarin was not very fluent, so he could only demonstrate it to Tang Shuo himself.
Tang Shuo took a look and said to Li An, "It's OK."
Lee An returned to the monitor and called out over the loudspeaker, "All units, attention, five... two, one, a."
Snap...
After the crisp sound of the clapperboard rang out, Tang Shuo's screen debut officially began.
He had no lines. He just beat up the four knife-wielding thugs and then jumped directly to the second-floor balcony.
According to the original plan, the gangster closest to Tang Shuo, that is, Extra A, would chop down Tang Shuo's head with a knife. After Tang Shuo dodged, he would kick Extra B, who would fly backwards.
Then Tang Shuo jumped up, knocked down Extra C with one kick, then grabbed Extra A's hand and used Extra A's knife to stab Extra D into his body, then knocked Extra A down with the same move, jumped onto the balcony and it was over.
The only difficult part in the previous fighting scene was jumping up to deal with Bing, but for Tang Shuo's terrifying jumping ability, this was not a problem.
Person A started the attack first. When the knife came down, Tang Shuo dodged to the left as planned and kicked Person B down at the same time.
But just when he dodged the knife of Extra A and wanted to kick B, B did not wait for him to kick as planned, but instead swung the knife in his hand towards Tang Shuo.
The prop knife is not sharpened, but it still hurts a lot when hit by it.
Tang Shuo immediately turned his head to look at Huang Sheng on the sidelines. The two of them had not communicated because of the language barrier.
But the other party had already demonstrated it once, and he remembered it clearly, so there was no way he could have made a mistake.
Could it be that this B remembered it wrong?
When Tang Shuo saw the sinister smile on Huang Sheng's lips, he realized that this was not a question of someone remembering the routine wrong, but that someone had arranged it against him.
In order to highlight the strength of the protagonist, every action movie needs a few extras who are slightly more capable.
These four people were all trained by Huang Sheng and often filmed with Huang Sheng. If Huang Sheng ordered them to teach Tang Shuo a lesson, they would naturally obey his orders.
Tang Shuo smiled slightly, dodged Yi's knife again, rushed forward and kicked Yi in the lower abdomen. Yi, who was supposed to jump out by himself, was kicked away directly.
Seeing this, the remaining three people rushed towards Tang Shuo at the same time. Tang Shuo did not retreat but advanced and inserted himself between the three people.
With just one punch and two kicks, A, C, and D were lying on the ground, and then Tang Shuo once again jumped onto the balcony with a mid-air flip.
Facts have once again proved that numerical superiority is of no use in many cases.
After hearing Li An shout "Cut", Tang Shuo jumped down from the balcony.
As early as when B took action, Li An had already discovered the abnormality.
He was also an old hand and figured out the problem in an instant.
Logically, he should have called a halt immediately, but when he saw that Tang Shuo did not show any reaction and instead rushed forward again, he realized that the time had come to create a classic shot.
If a movie has a scene that is considered a classic, then the movie is not a bad movie.
If there are two paragraphs, it is likely to be a great success.
If there were three segments, then this would be a movie that would go down in history.
Li Quan had a hunch that this clip would become a classic.
Neither the director nor the actors raised any questions, and the crew would have continued filming even if someone noticed something was wrong.
When Li Quan shouted "Cut", several extras were still rolling on the ground and screaming in pain. Only then did they realize that the exciting fight scene they had just seen was real.
After Tang Shuo came down, he walked towards Lu Wanqi and Xiao Ran. As he walked past, Xiao Ran was still praising the professionalism of the extras and asked Lu Wanqi why they were still working so hard even though the director had called for a stop.
"Xu Wei, arrange for them to go to the hospital first," Li Quan said with the air of a general. "Huang Sheng, we won't pursue this matter for now. We'll discuss it later."
After arranging the crew's affairs, Li Quan came over and said to Tang Shuo, "Your performance just now was great. Are you interested in making a movie? I can tailor a movie just for you."
Tang Shuo shook his head and answered without hesitation, "No."
Zhang Yuluan, who was standing by, felt like he had seen a ghost when he heard the conversation between the two.
It was already surprising that Li Quan promised to make a movie tailor-made for a young man, but what was even more bizarre was that the young man actually refused.
He put a lot of effort into getting the role of the second male lead.
The other people on the scene might have only noticed that Tang Shuo's kung fu was very powerful, but Li Quan was already certain that if Tang Shuo made a movie, it would definitely be a global hit.
Today, several veteran superstars who can represent Chinese Kung Fu are already old, and Chinese Kung Fu is in a period of transition. At this time, if there is a Kung Fu star who is very good at fighting, he will definitely be very popular.
Moreover, Tang Shuo's flesh-and-flesh fighting style is extremely in line with the aesthetic tastes of foreigners and will definitely shine in Hollywood.
"Wouldn't you consider it?" Li Quan said, "I can make you a superstar in China within a year, and a star in America and even the world within three years."
Tang Shuo smiled and said, "I'm not interested in making movies."
"How about this, you think about it carefully this afternoon," Li Quan suggested. "Let's have dinner together tonight, and then we can talk about it."
"How can I let the director treat me to dinner?" Zhang Yulun saw the opportunity and said shamelessly: "You are my stand-in this time. Consider it my thanks to you. I will treat everyone to dinner tonight."
Tang Shuo was about to refuse when Lu Wanqi said, "Okay, Director Li. Let's have dinner together tonight."
Li Quan nodded and said to Lu Wanqi, "Please persuade your friend."
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