Chapter 8
For a moment, the entire set was as silent as the eye of a storm.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing why the new martial arts instructor would pin Le Ran under his body, nor did they understand why Le Ran was lying with his butt raised in a dog-eating-shit posture, as if he had merged with the ground.
Only the side-on camera recorded it all honestly.
But at this moment, even the photographer himself didn't react.
The first person to jump up was Le Ran's assistant.
When he saw his artist being so indecent, he leapt forward with a cry of “Ah!”
"Le Ran, are you okay?"
He quickly helped Le Ran up.
Although Le Ran stood up, he still looked a little dazed.
He never expected that he had just touched Qiao Yi Qiao's arm in the previous second, and the world was spinning in the next second.
What's going on?
However, although Le Ran hadn't said anything yet, the assistant was already a little angry.
He pushed Qiao Yiqiao and asked, "What are you doing?"
Before Qiao Yi Qiao could answer, A'mo rushed over.
Although he was practicing moves with the special actor, he would always keep an eye on Ah Da as long as they were in the same space.
It was obvious that it was Le Ran who started the trouble, and he was just forced to fight back.
Qiao Yi Qiao heard the noise coming from behind him, and was afraid that A'mo would cause trouble for him, so he quickly turned around and gave A'mo a look, signaling him to calm down.
After more than half a month of interacting with various extras and directors, Ah Mo seemed to have become desensitized to humans. When he saw Ah Da, his eyes instantly calmed down, but he was still staring at Le Ran and his assistant.
Qiao Yiqiao was not panicked. He spoke in a normal tone and politely asked the assistant, "Is your artist okay?"
It was this sentence that shifted everyone's attention to Le Ran.
In fact, when Le Ran fell, Qiao Yiqiao cushioned his hand, so it didn't hurt. But everyone was looking at him at this time, and he couldn't get angry, so he simply pretended to be weak, holding his forehead, shook his head, and pretended to be strong and said: "I'm fine."
The assistant was anxious: "No! We have to go to the hospital! Where is the field staff? Where is the car staff? Is there an ambulance?"
Le Ran firmly pushed the assistant's hand away: "No, really not, we can't delay the crew's schedule."
A thousand alpacas were running through Li Qiang’s mind.
So you weren't the one who was more than an hour late because of watching the World Cup?
Qiao Yi Qiao's attack was too gentle. If it were him, he would have wanted to hit Le Ran's head off.
Le Ran was able to get to his current position (although it wasn't very high), but he was not a fool. He changed his mind in an instant and looked at Qiao Yiqiao with an apologetic look on his face: "I'm sorry."
The aroma of tea wafts into the air.
"Oh," Qiao Yiqiao nodded and said nothing, "Since everything is alright, let's continue."
"ah?"
Le Ran was confused.
He thought that out of courtesy, the other party would let him go and rest.
How come this guy has no sympathy for women and still wants her to work for him?
I guess the donkeys in the production team don’t work as hard as he does?
Qiao Yiqiao, who had actually been working non-stop for more than ten hours, said coldly: "After all, Teacher Le Ran doesn't want to delay the filming schedule, but the movements are still not up to standard. If we don't hurry up and practice, we won't be able to film."
These words choked Le Ran.
But there was no dissatisfaction or criticism in Qiao Yiqiao's tone; he was just stating a simple fact calmly.
Your movements are not up to standard and cannot be filmed, and you will soon be delayed because of your failure to meet the standard.
Although he was extremely reluctant, Le Ran still managed a smile and said, "Okay, let's do it again."
Qiao Yi Qiao didn't say anything else, he just got ready and continued teaching.
Seeing the two of them like this, the assistant stopped yelling and instead avoided the camera and walked away angrily.
As he left, he tapped Ah-Mo's solid chest muscles with his index finger and gestured, "This isn't over yet."
A'mo sneered.
Yes, it’s not over yet.
Without exception, everyone who bullied him, A Da, died a miserable death.
Li Qiang saw the progress of teaching on both sides. While he was grateful for the dedication of the two martial arts instructors, he was also anxious.
The progress on the special actors' side is still okay, but the progress on Le Ran's side is really too slow.
Especially at the end of this fight scene, Le Ran's character should KO his opponent with a beautiful spinning kick.
On the one hand, it is because the action is clean and beautiful, and it looks great when shot with a slow motion lens and combined with the lighting. On the other hand, it is because of a detail laid out in the previous part. The character of Le Ran has always had poor leg skills, and this roundhouse kick represents his breakthrough and successful rise to the top.
But Le Ran's basic skills were too poor. Even though Qiao Yiqiao had broken down the movements and detailed the movements of each muscle,
But Le Ran just couldn't do it.
Seeing that the scheduled one-hour rehearsal time had passed, Le Ran not only did not remember the previous movements, but he also couldn't do the spinning kick at the end.
The coordinator was so anxious that sweat drops were falling from his face.
The reason why he only gave this rehearsal time for one hour was because Le Ran kept telling him that Le Ran had martial arts skills.
Normally, to shoot a one-minute fight scene, one hour of rehearsal time would be enough to practice the moves, but I didn’t expect Le Ran’s foundation to be so poor.
In addition, Le Ran was an hour late, and the morning light was about to set. If they were to shoot in the afternoon, he would not take the role because of the angle of the sun.
The executive director was also anxious. He looked at his watch and said helplessly, "If it doesn't work, let's talk about it tomorrow."
The coordinating boss, who was also the executive producer of the production team, let out a "tsk" sound in anxiety.
One more day of filming means one more day of venue rental, extras, lunch, travel, equipment…
Heartbroken.
So at this time, except for Qiao Yi Qiao who was still teaching seriously, all the staff on the scene started complaining.
Le Ran noticed everyone's gaze, and bowed madly with great disappointment, saying repeatedly: "I'm sorry."
After finishing work, Le Ran asked Qiao Yiqiao: "I'm sorry to have wasted your time. Could you please teach me for a while longer?"
The tone was full of humility and kindness.
But could it be that he really had a change of heart and became a better person?
Of course not.
That’s because the side camera is always facing him.
Qiao Yiqiao naturally understood this and said coldly, "You have to pay more."
"Ah?" Le Ran restrained his expression, "Okay, you tell me how much, and I will pay you personally."
After earning some extra income, Qiao Yi Qiao reluctantly taught Le Ran for another half a day.
They didn't disperse until night fell.
When the show was over, you could still see Le Ran turning his back and immediately bursting into tears.
The assistant was very tactful and asked the side camera to stop shooting.
But the side-shotting is of course still going on, otherwise how can we record the character arc of Le Ran "under tremendous pressure" and then his transformation?
But Qiao Yi Qiao was too lazy to care about it. He just took the money, called it a day, and left.
Before leaving, he suddenly heard many workers complaining: "What are we practicing for..." "Didn't we say we wouldn't shoot anymore?" "It drags on until the night again, it's so annoying." "There's no lunch if we don't shoot, we're starving..."
Because they are staying for training, someone from the field work team has to stay to keep an eye on them.
Le Ran naturally didn't hear these words. After all, in his eyes, the stage workers were the lowest level on a set. They had no say and no ability, so nothing they said mattered.
But Qiao Yi Qiao listened to the voices of all these people.
After all, he used to be a big boss and was used to taking care of the feelings of everyone under him.
He understood that a thousand-mile long dike could be destroyed by a few ants.
The downfall of an organization often begins with these most marginal characters. He has used this tactic many times to deal with rival gangs.
So he helped the workers clean up the site for half a day before planning to leave.
Although this was not enough to appease the workers, it was all he could do for now.
Unexpectedly, although he completed it, problems arose on A'mo's side.
While eating his box lunch, he watched the special actors battling with the coordinator and producer.
"No, my contract is only signed for one day. I have other announcements tomorrow, so I really can't delay it."
The special actors were also helpless.
Being chosen for this short film, this special actor is already a leader in the industry. There are not many actors who can perform fighting scenes and look like villains, so naturally he keeps receiving invitations. He also has a movie to be filmed by another big director tomorrow, and he has been coordinating the announcement time with the coordinator for half a day, so he really can't miss it.
I was already overwhelmed with the coordination of the vehicles, horses, and equipment, and now something happened to the special actor. I was as anxious as an ant on hot pan and didn't know what to do.
The key point is that if the actor is changed at this time, some previous shots will have to be re-shot, which is another expense.
However, the special actor has decided to leave.
His play tomorrow is very important. It is a film produced by a very famous director. Although his screen time is very short, compared with this anti-gangster short film, the difference is self-evident.
But now we have to change people, who should we find?
Who can learn these moves, have the right appearance, and understand the script?
Just when the coordinator didn't know what to do, a hint of fragrance entered his nostrils.
Following the smell, I saw Qiao Yiqiao and A'mo sitting at the entrance of the set eating box lunches.
They had been hungry all day, and the lunch boxes Yueyue made would get cold if they didn't eat them.
The workers around were all looking at them, and they were all very greedy.
But the reason why the coordinator's eyes lit up instantly was not because of greed.
He suddenly realized, yes!
Isn’t there a ready-made one?
Ah Mo not only understands the script, but also knows how to act. Most importantly, his appearance is better than that of the current special actor.
Not only does his face have a bit of gloomy evilness, the key is that his body shape is also suitable, and his muscles look beautiful in the photos!
The coordinator immediately put aside the special actor in front of him and walked to A'mo: "Teacher Qiao Mo, are you willing to replace Teacher Zhao and play the villain in this film?"
Ah Mo was stunned for a moment: "Just call me Ah Mo... let me act?"
Although he had acted in some dramas, he had never been in such a formal crew. He didn't know if he could do it, so he looked to A Da for help.
Before Qiao Yiqiao could say anything, the coordinator said, "This way we can shoot the fight scene early tomorrow morning, your and Le Ran's part."
"Me and Le Ran?" A'mo was stunned again.
Then, the little anger in his heart surged up again.
Bullying my Ada, haha, this matter is not over yet.
So, without waiting for Ah Da to speak, he made his own decision for the first time in his life: "Okay, I'll act."!
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