Chapter 295: Expensiveness Has Its Value
Hu Xiaoxiao felt pain and subconsciously let go of her hand. If her other hand had not been tightly grasping the edge of the table, she would have fallen down.
This scene was naturally cut.
Wan Jiapeng used all his strength when he stepped on Hu Xiaoxiao. All four of his fingers turned red and hurt as if they were about to break.
"Principal, are you okay?" Xiong Caiwei, who also had a role today, ran over and asked.
Before Hu Xiaoxiao could speak, Wan Jiapeng started to complain, "You're too slow to react. You can't keep up with the pace."
Yu Cong came over and asked Hu Xiaoxiao impatiently, "Can you still perform? If not, it's best to find someone else. If you can't do it at the beginning, the rest of the moves will be even more difficult."
Hu Xiaoxiao endured the pain in his hand and said to Gao Zhiyuan who had stood up, "I'm fine, let's do it again."
Mistakes in fight scenes are very common, so everyone got back to their positions and started filming again.
This time, Hu Xiaoxiao's movements were even faster. When Wan Jiapeng tried to repeat the same trick, she had already passed under the table, leaving him with nothing to fall on.
After Hu Xiaoxiao passed through, he landed firmly on his feet, then turned around and kicked Wan Jiapeng's lower body on the table. When Wan Jiapeng dodged, Hu Xiaoxiao jumped onto the Eight Immortals Table according to the planned movement and fought with Wan Jiapeng on the table.
As soon as he sat down at the eight-immortals table, Hu Xiaoxiao knocked Wan Jiapeng down with one punch.
"Cut!" Gao Zhiyuan shouted to stop.
According to martial arts design, they had to exchange ten moves at the Eight Immortals Table, but Wan Jiapeng was defeated after only two moves and had to start over.
"Hu Xiaoxiao! Do you know how to act?" Yu Cong crossed his arms, staring at Hu Xiaoxiao gloomily, and shouted in a bad temper, "Miao Haibin's fists are amazing. After you got on the Eight Immortals Table, you had to take six punches from him before you started to fight back. What are you acting now?"
Hu Xiaoxiao glanced at him calmly and said, "I'm sorry, Wan Jiapeng's reaction was too slow and he couldn't keep up with the pace."
Wan Jiapeng rubbed his shoulder. Hu Xiaoxiao's punch just now was too fast and almost injured his shoulder. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and jumped off the table, otherwise he would have been hit.
He didn't expect that Hu Xiaoxiao looked not strong but was actually quite strong.
However, strength alone is not enough.
Wan Jiapeng jumped back onto the round table, and after the director yelled "start," he threw six consecutive punches at Hu Xiaoxiao, each one more ferocious than the last, without holding back at all.
According to the design, Hu Xiaoxiao must use his arms to receive these six punches. Only after he has truly taken these punches can he deliver the momentum of punching hard.
Hu Xiaoxiao gritted his teeth and endured it. The fist hitting his arm was really uncomfortable.
At this point, she also realized that this wasn't just any ordinary fighting scene. In the past, no matter how intense the fight was, they would always back off. If they didn't back off and were about to fight, they would always warn the other party in advance so they could be prepared.
Wan Jiapeng went all out with a deadly attack right from the start. The fight scenes designed by Yu Cong looked good, but they were actually full of traps. If another actress had fought like that, she would have been hospitalized after a day of filming.
There were indeed many dirty tricks in the circle. However, she had never offended Yu Cong, and she had no old grudges with Wan Jiapeng, so why did they target her specifically?
Fortunately, the other people in the crew are not on the same page as Yu Cong.
Hu Xiaoxiao collected his thoughts and focused on the play.
In the script, Cheng Zhaofeng's leg skills are powerful. After taking six punches, Hu Xiaoxiao began to fight back.
The continuous kicks disrupted Wan Jiapeng's rhythm and he almost fell off the table.
Yu Cong called for a stop and started scolding Hu Xiaoxiao: "Hu Xiaoxiao, this is a filming, not a fight. There has to be give and take. You messed up the rhythm right from the start. How can Wan Jiapeng act? Retake!"
The retake starts again from when Hu Xiaoxiao received six punches from Wan Jiapeng.
Wan Jiapeng stared at Hu Xiaoxiao with a deeper look in his eyes, and the six punches he threw were even more ferocious than before, as if he wanted to beat Hu Xiaoxiao to death on the Eight Immortals Table.
Hu Xiaoxiao took the six punches head-on and began to fight back according to the planned martial arts moves. With the last sweeping kick, he kicked Wan Jiapeng off the table.
This one finally passed.
Gao Zhiyuan called cut, frowned as he looked at the viewfinder beside him, and said to Yu Cong, "Is there something wrong with your martial arts design?"
Yu Cong replied confidently, "My style has always been this: first suppressing, then exalting. The protagonist gets beaten, then fights back, creating tension for the audience, and then the protagonist wins, which gives them a sense of satisfaction."
It sounded like Yu Cong's previous design style, and Gao Zhiyuan's brows were still furrowed.
Yu Cong then said, "Director Gao, are you used to filming fight scenes with men? You feel awkward filming a martial arts scene with a woman as the lead for the first time? Take it slow, you'll get used to it. I've made the martial arts design much easier because Hu Xiaoxiao is a woman. If it were two men fighting, I'd just have them hit each other in the face and chest."
It was common for actors to have their faces broken during fight scenes. Gao Zhiyuan didn't say anything else, but called Hu Xiaoxiao over and asked her if she could handle it.
Hu Xiaoxiao asked: "How did the filming turn out?"
"It's better than I expected." Gao Zhiyuan said.
Wan Jiapeng's ferocity and Hu Xiaoxiao's elegance and flexibility are very interesting to watch. In addition, she is wearing a white suit, and her fighting scenes are also very elegant, beyond his imagination.
Hu Xiaoxiao is better than he thought.
Gao Zhiyuan was a director who rarely praised others. Hu Xiaoxiao knew from Gao Zhiyuan's endless praise that the beating he received was worth it, so he said, "Okay, since the film is good, the drama is exciting, and the audience likes it, then there's no problem."
She will let people in the circle know that her, Hu Xiaoxiao's, plays are of great value.
As long as the play goes well, she doesn't mind suffering a little.
However, this is just the beginning.
Yu Cong saw that Hu Xiaoxiao had actually performed the martial arts moves he had designed for her, so he remained silent. He then increased the difficulty of Hu Xiaoxiao's martial arts scenes. He even gave Hu Xiaoxiao scenes that were so difficult that some male actors couldn't do them.
"Wait a minute, Wan Jiapeng will kick you. Hu Xiaoxiao, you need to fly out directly." Yu Cong arranged the martial arts for the next scene. "In the first half, the flying shots will be suspended by wires. In the second half, for authenticity, you need to fall for real, and the height of the fall cannot be too small..."
After saying that, Yu Cong glanced at Hu Xiaoxiao indifferently and said, "If you can't do it, you can admit defeat in advance. At most, it will drag down my reputation. I will design some simple moves for you. Anyway, women can't compare to men. Action movies are not meant for women."
"Teacher Yu, you don't have to try to provoke me." Hu Xiaoxiao saw through his thoughts, his eyes sharp. "It's just that the protagonist was beaten so badly, but what about the villain? Audiences come to the cinema to see the villain show off his power, not the villain. The audience came to see this movie for me, Hu Xiaoxiao, not Wan Jiapeng."
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