Chapter 232: Absolutely Unbearable
Zheng Pingxin insisted on Hu Xiaoxiao. "Whether this movie can sell well depends on Hu Xiaoxiao. You've already invested a lot, so adding a little more is just a matter of convenience. If the box office is good, your dividend will also be higher, right?"
Ma Chengyou felt incredibly distressed. He had already invested so much money, and now he needed more? If he added more, he'd be sleeping on the street. "Are you so rigid? No matter how well you build the scenery, it's still not as good as Hu Xiaoxiao revealing a little. Instead of trying to get me to invest more, why not get her to take it off a bit?"
"Take it off, take it off, that's all you do. Can't you think of anything else besides taking it off?" Zheng Pingxin firmly believed that he was making serious films and not making frivolous ones.
As you can imagine, the two of them parted ways unhappily in the end, and Zheng Pingxin did not get any money from Ma Chengyou.
Zheng Pingxin had to look for his friends again and begged several people humbly before he finally got the money together.
In order to attract audiences, "The Great Taoist Priest" added a very explicit scene at the beginning. Now that Hu Xiaoxiao is going to play a fox demon, it has been deleted.
So, in order to attract the audience from the beginning, the plot needs to be redesigned.
Fortunately, Zheng Pingxin had an idea for this part. He chose the original idea and used a thrilling and suspenseful atmosphere to attract the audience.
This scene takes place at night. Wang Shimo, who has become a high-ranking official, is frightened in the middle of the night. He is strangled by a white cloth that suddenly appears and hangs on a beam, struggling continuously.
After watching the short clip shot by Zheng Pingxin, Hu Xiaoxiao found that Zheng Pingxin was not as bad as the rumors said. His shooting technique was excellent in creating an atmosphere. His composition was also amazing. Every shot was as beautiful as a painting.
The reason why such a talented director keeps failing at the box office is because of the story. Zheng Pingxin's stories are too unique and he never caters to the audience's preferences. He only shoots what he wants to shoot.
When other people make movies about ghosts, they all film about love and entanglement, but he films the darkness of human nature and the cruelty of reality.
Such a unique director is not famous himself, and the actors are not famous except him. No wonder he is not well-received by the market.
What a pity.
Zheng Pingxin saw Hu Xiaoxiao's look of regret after she finished watching it, and his heart tightened. He asked, "Ms. Hu, do you think there's something wrong with the filming?"
Hu Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to see such a talented director buried in vain, so he offered him several suggestions. He said, "If you replace the old house with a wild temple and set Wang Shimo on his way out of Beijing on business, it would be even more eerie and terrifying. Also, the beginning isn't thrilling enough. Since you're going to start with Wang Shimo encountering the revenge of a fox demon, then make it the most dramatic. First, he's hung on the roof, struggles to break free, and falls to the ground. Then, as he flees, he falls and bleeds, is hit by rocks, and hit by walls. Just as he's about to escape the wild temple, his feet are tied with white silk and dragged back..."
Ma Chengyou had just untied the wire and finally caught his breath. He was still in shock from the filming that had just happened. When he heard that Hu Xiaoxiao was going to kill him, he felt terrible.
He was so scared when he was hung up just now, fearing that he would be strangled to death. Now he is going to fall from the roof, be hit by all kinds of things, and be dragged back. Are they going to kill him?
"Hu Xiaoxiao!" Ma Chengyou yelled angrily, "If you want to kill me, just say so!"
Hu Xiaoxiao said, "It's just filming. It will be divided into several scenes. There won't be any danger. Who doesn't have hard times filming?"
Compared to the real-life fights in kung fu movies, this kind of action film can be told in multiple shots, which is already pretty easy. If you want it to be easy, then don't touch action movies.
Ma Chengyou sneered, "You women don't have to work hard when filming. You can make a lot of money if you spread your legs. Director Zheng, if you really want to attract people from the beginning, you should follow my idea and start with something exciting."
Hu Xiaoxiao didn't bother to pay attention to this person and asked Zheng Pingxin: "What do you think?"
Zheng Pingxin had been thinking in his mind. His original idea, combined with the suggestions given by Hu Xiaoxiao, made the two more complete than his original idea, and the plot became more tortuous and tense.
"Just do as Ms. Hu said, let's reshoot it."
Zheng Pingxin quickly took out a pen and paper and redesigned this paragraph.
Ma Chengyou strongly objected, but Zheng Pingxin put box office first and forced Ma Chengyou to reshoot the film.
It’s just that building an ancient temple is too expensive, so I decided to take pictures at this scene.
Ma Chengyou, feeling resentful, reluctantly tied the wire again and performed the scene of falling from the roof.
“Cut!”
Zheng Pingxin kept shouting "cut," "Your acting is too stiff, not natural enough. You should imagine that you fell suddenly and act out your panic, fear and despair."
The wireman lifted Ma Chengyou up again and continued the performance.
Hu Xiaoxiao watched from below and shook his head. This guy's acting is too bad, isn't it? If you like investing, don't act, just wait for the dividends. He wants to invest to make money and become famous, but his skills can't keep up. It's too lame and really drags him down.
After shooting six or seven takes, Zheng Pingxin played the film back and frowned, considering whether to edit it, cutting out the acceptable bits and piecing them together. But the resulting spliced footage was too choppy, affecting the viewing experience.
"Or let's hire a substitute." Zheng Pingxin said after thinking it over.
Hu Xiaoxiao asked him, "If you use a body double from the beginning, are you sure the box office will be any good?"
Zheng Pingxin was suddenly stumped.
Hu Xiaoxiao said: "The roof is not high. According to me, you can jump without wires. If you take good protection below, you won't get hurt."
When she was filming, she would just jump down from a two-story high place, and the result was excellent, as long as she took proper protection.
If you are tied up by a wire, you can't jump out with the feeling of landing naturally.
If you want to make a living in this field, you have to work hard.
Ma Chengyou came over with a belly full of anger. He heard Hu Xiaoxiao suggested that Zheng Pingxin let him jump directly without even being tied with wires. This woman is so vicious! She refused to show herself, but she wanted to force him to jump!
Seeing Hu Xiaoxiao staring at the film, he became furious and suddenly grabbed Hu Xiaoxiao's hair and pulled it hard, then pressed Hu Xiaoxiao's head against the machine.
This happened so suddenly that no one could react.
Hu Xiaoxiao's attention was focused on the film when her scalp suddenly tightened, followed by a sharp pain. Seeing she was about to hit the camera, she quickly protected her forehead with one hand and grabbed back with the other, twisting it hard.
With a click.
Ma Chengyou's hand was broken and he let out a howling sound like a pig being slaughtered.
Although Hu Xiaoxiao protected his forehead, the force of the collision was too great and a red spot still appeared on his forehead.
She stood up and stared at Ma Chengyou coldly.
Ma Chengyou covered his aching hand and cursed her as a gossip.
Hu Xiaoxiao rubbed her scalp. If she could endure such a great loss, she would not be Hu Xiaoxiao!
She grabbed a chair and smashed it on the head of the cursing Ma Chengyou.
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