"Green Snake" was easy to shoot, combining real scenes with green screen, and the efficiency was faster than shooting a TV series.
Chen Muyang estimated that the filming would be completed in one and a half months. Before filming began, he found Zhou Xingchi.
"Old Zhou, are you interested in playing a supporting role for now? After I finish filming this movie, you will be the protagonist."
"Sure, I have no problem at all." Zhou Xingchi is happy as long as there is a role to play.
"Okay then, you'll follow the crew to Hengdian World Studios later."
"Okay, Mr. Chen."
Zhou Xingchi followed the crew to Hengdian.
Compared to the TV series, the movie "Green Snake" is a big subversion.
Chen Muyang personally played the role of Fahai, not for anything else, but just for those few lines:
"I can tell at once that you are not human."
"You bold monster, I want you to show your true colors!"
"How dare you show off your skills in front of an expert, Mighty Heavenly Dragon!"
"Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon, the Buddha Ksitigarbha, the Prajnaparamita Buddhas, the Prajnaparamita Prajnaparamita..."
It makes me feel emotional just thinking about it.
"Green Snake" mainly tells the story of the Song Dynasty, when people lived in peace and contentment and it was difficult to distinguish between humans and demons.
Fahai, a successful monk at Jinshan Temple, takes it as his mission to help the world and uphold justice, and he goes around exorcising demons and monsters.
The green and white snakes, who were born in the Purple Bamboo Forest at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, practiced together for five hundred years. The two snakes transformed into humans and roamed the world.
After Fahai defeated his inner demon, his magical powers increased greatly. Noticing the evil spirit spreading throughout Hangzhou, he went down the mountain with his Zen staff in hand to eliminate the evil for the people!
There are also stories such as the entanglement between the White Snake, the Green Snake and Xu Xian.
The White Snake is still played by Su Ruyan, while the Green Snake is played by Lin Qian, who are almost the same as the main actors in the TV series.
"All departments, get ready. The first scene of "Green Snake", the first shot, Exxon!" Chen Muyang shouted with a loudspeaker.
In the first scene, Chen Muyang filmed the part where Fahai suppressed the spider spirit.
He himself was dressed in a white cassock, with a bald head and a small bump between his eyebrows.
Even when he is made up as a monk, he is still very handsome and elegant.
A kind old monk was flying in the air.
"Hahahaha... Waves in the waves, waves in the waves, the scenery is so beautiful on a sunny day, red flowers, green grass..."
The camera turned and Fahai appeared from the sky, dressed in white monk's attire, chasing the kind old monk.
"I run forward happily, and I won't grow old even if I walk through all the green mountains. Hahaha..." The kind old monk was unaware of the pursuers behind him.
"Old Abbot, it's a fresh and clean breeze!" Fahai said as he caught up with the old monk.
"Morning exercises are beneficial for cultivating inner alchemy." The old monk, with white hair and beard, said with a smile.
"Senior, you have a youthful face but white hair, and you walk briskly, but your breathing is still calm and relaxed. Your practice has reached the pinnacle. May I ask how many years you have been practicing?" Fahai asked.
"Time waits for no one. Two hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. What about you, young man?" The old monk held a pair of Buddhist beads that exuded spiritual energy in his hand.
"Oh, I'm ashamed. I have only practiced for more than 20 years. I am not as good as you, the abbot. You can deceive people and pass off fake things as real. I can see at a glance that you are not a human being!" Fahai's tone was relaxed and harmonious at the beginning, but he turned hostile in an instant.
The old monk was so frightened that his heart and liver were about to burst.
Fahai suddenly attacked: "You bold monster, I want you to show your true colors!"
"The mighty heavenly dragon, the Prajnaparamita Buddhas, the World Honored One, Ksitigarbha, the Prajnaparamita Bhagavan."
"Show yourself!" Fahai cast a spell to suppress the old monk.
"No, Master!" the old monk screamed in horror, revealing his true form.
"It's a spider spirit! Trying to hide?" Fahai chased after it.
"Master, I have been worshipping at the foot of the Great Golden Buddha in Fulingtai Temple. I have long absorbed the Buddha's influence and have a peaceful temperament. Master, please spare my life!"
"Nonsense, cassock!" Fahai ignored it.
"Prajnaparamita..."
"Where are you running to? Look at my big gong and golden bowl, take it!"
"Ah... Master, please have mercy on me, spare my life, help me, have mercy, let me go..."
The old monk transformed by the spider spirit was put into the big gong and golden bowl while crying and begging for mercy.
"Master, please let me go, Master. You are the compassionate boat that saves the world and helps the people. Please give me a way to live. Now that you have accepted me, I will never be able to turn over. I have practiced for a hundred years, but all my efforts have been wasted. God is merciful, please don't turn me back into a spider." The old monk cried in the golden bowl.
Fahai remained unmoved: "Shut up, a monster is a monster. There are four realms of gods, humans, ghosts and monsters, and they are all ranked in order. Just accept your punishment!"
"I have the Buddha's shade from Lingtai Temple... Master, Master..."
Fahai suppressed the old monk transformed by the spider spirit under a pavilion.
"Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon, Buddha Ksitigarbha, Amitabha..."
Fahai turned to leave, but noticed the spiritual energy emitted by the Buddhist beads held by the old monk.
"The demon's Buddhist beads? The demon has been captured, but its spiritual energy is still condensed and cannot be dispersed. Could it be that it really has been blessed by the Buddha at the feet of the Bodhisattva? Could it be that I captured the wrong demon?" Fahai fell into self-doubt.
This section was shot in several scenes, all in one take, and the old monk was played by Zhou Xingchi, whose acting skills were impeccable.
"Click, take a ten-minute break before continuing filming."
Ten minutes later, filming resumed.
Some scenes in this movie required special effects, so the filming looked awkward at times, but as an actor I still had a sense of conviction.
As the filming of Green Snake is in full swing, Liu Qiming's Nirvana in Fire is nearing its end and it is estimated that the finishing work will be completed in a few days.
The post-production of "Legend of White Snake" was also very successful.
A month passed quickly.
"Mu Yang, the post-production of 'Legend of White Snake' has been completed. The songs you composed have also been incorporated and have passed review. Also, one-fifth of the post-production of 'Nirvana in Fire' directed by Director Liu has been completed." Huo Tingting called and said.
"Which channels are currently interested in buying it?" On the set, Chen Muyang stopped filming and walked aside to ask.
"The first to be affected is the Zhe River, and Hangcheng officials also hope to sell to the Zhe River, followed by mangoes and lychees."
"Has the renovation of Zhejiang River been completed? But even if it is completed, we will not sell it to them. We should still cooperate with Yuzhou Satellite TV." Chen Muyang said.
"I was just about to say that the bid from Yuzhou TV this time is not low, 3.5 million per episode, which is the same as Mango TV."
"It seems that Yuzhou has made a lot of money. Then sign with them. The conditions are the same as usual."
"good!"
A few days later.
Tianxiazoxing Company and Yuzhou Satellite TV promoted the show simultaneously, and "Legend of White Snake" was launched on Yuzhou Satellite TV and Tianxiazoxing APP.
Chen Muyang also posted:
"The Leifeng Pagoda story you've all been waiting for is here! Every Tuesday to Sunday, please tune in to Yuzhou TV and watch "Legend of White Snake." We'll see you there!"
The actors in the drama all forwarded it one after another.
The popularity of "Legend of White Snake" soared rapidly.
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