Chapter 135: Brave Citizens
It was early April, nine in the morning.
All the crew members of "Brave Citizens" held a start-up ceremony - worshiping the pig's head - on the campus of National Central University.
As all schools have already started, it would be too long to wait until June for the holidays, so I simply applied to the school and borrowed Chongde Building for the filming.
The school was very generous when it came to students applying for filming locations. Not only did it rent the venues at extremely low prices, it also encouraged students who didn’t have classes to participate in the performances or just watch and learn.
This attracted many students to come and watch and take photos of the opening ceremony.
After worshiping the pig's head, Kim Ki-hyun and Han Hyo-joo shot a promotional poster together, and then started shooting the first scene, the first shot.
The first shot is naturally a close-up of the heroine Han Hyo Joo.
This shot where the heroine appears is very crucial. It must be shot as beautifully as possible to leave a stunning first impression on the audience.
Her movements when she appeared were very simple: she flipped her hair, turned her head, smiled, and winked.
I can’t say anything else, but Han Hyo Joo is really good at dressing up and exuding her own charm.
She dared to say that there were few men who could not resist being captivated by her angelic smile. If there was one, he must be gay.
Han Hyo Joo is so confident about this.
Of course, the makeup artist sister also contributed a lot.
Therefore, when shooting this scene, Han Hyo Joo turned her head and smiled, which made a group of young men stare at her in amazement, including Kim Ki-hyun.
Jin Qixuan stared at the images that were constantly replaying on the monitor and muttered, "It's simply a foul..."
Han Hyo Joo took in everyone's expressions. Even though Lin Runze thought this one could pass, Han Hyo Joo was Han Hyo Joo after all, and she would always point out the things she was not happy with.
Therefore, it took her two hours and more than fifty takes to shoot this first shot. She finally chose the one she was most satisfied with until her face was frozen with laughter.
After this shot, the filming continued with Han Hyo Joo's scenes in the office, and the rough contrast of her becoming a keyboard warrior in the toilet.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the first shot of Jin Qixuan's appearance began to be filmed.
Kim Ki-hyun's appearance is the same as Han Hyo-joo's, he looks as handsome as possible in the photos.
Both of them used only one shot to show the contrast in the characters' personalities.
A luxury sports car stopped at the entrance of the building. A group of younger brothers opened the car door, took bags, and shouted and pushed away the students who were blocking the way to make way for Jin Qixuan.
Jin Qixuan got out of the car, took off his sunglasses, looked at the students who were afraid to look him in the face, and a playful smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
Compared to Han Hyo Joo's first shot which took more than 50 takes, Kim Ki Heon only took three.
The reason why he failed to pass those two lines was because the chassis of the sports car was too low. Due to Jin Qixuan's long legs, he looked a little embarrassed when he got out of the car...
After this shot, two important supporting characters appeared in the scene.
Gao Zhenheng's grandmother set up a stall to sell seaweed rice rolls in front of the school and was bullied by Han Xiugang's lackeys who passed by. Gao Zhenheng stepped forward to protect his grandmother, but eventually became a plaything of Han Xiugang's bullying.
Compared to Jin Qixuan's first appearance where he was so handsome, this appearance shot directly turned him into a devil.
The lackeys kicked away the seaweed rice rolls sold by the old woman. Jin Qixuan watched the scene with a smile behind them, pinching Li Zhengxia's face with one hand and playing with the Zippo lighter with the other hand.
Then, Jin Qixuan stepped forward and kicked away the lackeys. He came to the old woman and squatted down, revealing an evil smile: "Ah, how can you humiliate an old woman like this?"
"Hahaha……"
The followers laughed mockingly and handed cigarettes to Jin Qixuan in a servile manner.
Jin Qixuan showed off the 13 steps of loading a Zippo lighter that he learned online. He lit a cigarette, took a puff, and slowly blew it onto the old woman's face. Then, he put the cigarette out on the seaweed rice roll and revealed a devilish smile.
However, since Jin Qixuan's body never smoked, after the first puff of smoke entered his lungs, he felt dizzy as if he was drunk.
But it was precisely the confusion in his eyes that added a hint of evil.
Sure enough, the two subsequent photos did not have the perfect expression that Jin Qixuan had when he took his first puff of cigarette. In the end, I chose the first one.
The filming continued, and Yeo Jin-yeol, who played the grandson of the bullied old woman, appeared on the scene.
Seeing his grandmother being bullied, Ryu Jin-gu pushed Kim Kye-hyun away and hugged his trembling grandmother. He turned around and yelled at them, "Aren't you afraid of retribution for bullying an old woman like this?"
Ryu Jun-yeol's expression for this sentence was very good, combining the injustice of the world and the fear of the powerful.
Jin Qixuan frowned because he was pushed down. He stood up and walked in front of him, staring down at him condescendingly.
Then, as he looked terrified, she raised her hand and slapped him in the face.
Then, she squatted in front of him, grabbed his hair, put it against her forehead, and said with a smile:
"Boy, rather than getting punished, you should consider your situation first. Come on, kids, help him face reality!"
After that, the lackeys stepped forward and kicked Ryu Jin-gu to the ground, shouting:
"Hey you bastard, go to hell!"
After saying that, everyone started to circle and kick Ryu Jun-yeol.
Kim Ki-hyeon laughed wantonly, grabbed Lee Jung-ha's hair, who lowered his head and dared not watch the scene, pulled his head up, and forced him to watch the scene of Ryu Jun-yeol being beaten.
Then, Ryu Jin-gu knelt on the ground with bruises all over his body, begging with a trembling voice:
"Xiu Gang, I will do as you tell me. Please let my grandma go. Please, I beg you."
"Yeah?"
Jin Qixuan raised his eyebrows, pointed at the seaweed rice rolls scattered on the ground, and said, "These are all precious foods that your grandmother worked hard to make. Are you going to throw them away?"
Seeing this, Ryu Jun-yeol picked up the broken seaweed rice rolls with both hands and stuffed them into his mouth.
But because he ate too quickly, he choked.
However, he managed to complete the filming despite feeling like he was suffocating.
Seeing that Ryu Jun-yeol was about to roll his eyes due to choking, Lin Runze quickly shouted Cut.
Seeing this, Jin Qixuan hurried forward and slapped his back twice. Seeing that the food in his mouth had been spit out, the person beside him hurriedly handed him water. After working for a long time, Ryu Zhenjiu sat on the ground and panted heavily, and smiled at Jin Qixuan and asked:
"How was my performance?"
"That's good, but aren't you trying too hard?"
"I think the body's real reaction is far more natural than acting, and the effect presented on the screen will be more realistic, giving the audience a sense of substitution and arousing sympathy."
Hearing this, Jin Qixuan rolled his eyes and sighed:
"Oh, I'm afraid I'm going to be scolded to death after the movie comes out!"
"So I really admired you for taking on such a self-destructive role!"
…
After chatting with Ryu Jin-yeol for a while, Kim Ki-hyun came to the monitor to watch the playback. Lin Runze looked at the playback on the camera and nodded with satisfaction: "Hey Ki-hyun, you were a delinquent in high school, right? How come you acted so well?"
Jin Qixuan was also quite satisfied with his performance on camera and joked, "I went to high school in AY City. That school was the territory of my uncle, the Axe Gang."
Lin Runze turned to look at Jin Qixuan in shock and said, "Territory? Your uncle is a gangster?"
"Haha, I'm just kidding. My uncle was a bad boy when he was a student. He even had a nickname, Anyang Golden Axe. But he never bullied students in his school. Instead, he often led his group to patrol outside the school to stop the hooligans from asking for protection money from students in his school. Then he made the hooligans who were beaten into submission squat on the ground with their heads in their hands and sing the school song of their school."
“Hahahaha, what happened next?”
"Later, my uncle lost interest in studying, his grades plummeted, and he was asked to drop out of school. He saw my grandmother secretly wiping away tears at night, and he suddenly realized his mistake and turned back to the right path. That's how he became what he is today."
"Great! So inspiring!"
Jin Qixuan smiled and asked, "Is this period over?"
"It's over. After the next shot is finished, we'll move to shoot inside the building."
"OK."
(End of this chapter)
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