"Who is kidding you? Believe me, really believe me for once. This little girl is really amazing. I was there when she auditioned that day. Her archery skills are really accurate. Maybe she can help you."

The martial arts instructor turned around and saw Sheng Yuan, his face lit up with joy: "Hey, someone's here."

* The last scene ended with Zhao and Arora competing in horseback archery at the tribe’s annual event.

The horse riding is real.

Sheng Yuan and Wan Lei each have a bow and arrow in their hands, but there are no arrows. It is a non-property performance, and what is shot out is air, so these need to be produced by the staff of the post-production special effects team of the crew.

But PS is not the first choice. Today's PS technology is indeed very good and close to perfection, but there will still be some traces left, and it will be extremely troublesome and time-consuming to achieve a perfect edge.

Director Hu directly requested for live footage, so the crew planned to borrow special machinery and equipment to carry out the actual operation and shoot it in split shots.

One of the scenes is that Arora domineeringly aims the arrow at the incense column used for countdown in order to end the game time early, and then, just before hitting the incense column, A Zhao shoots an arrow away, leaving the incense column unscathed.

This lens is very sophisticated.

The teachers in the special effects group conducted many experiments, using two automatic arrow-shooting machines to shoot arrows.

But no matter how I try the angles, the distance between the two arrows will always be off or slightly offset, and I can never achieve the perfect effect of the second arrow hitting the first arrow.

The staff of the special effects team were worried again and again.

The martial arts instructor scratched his head, looked at Sheng Yuan, and asked tentatively: "So Sheng Yuan, I wonder if you can help with this? That is--"

He paused and found a more understandable phrase: "Can you hit the first arrow?"

On the day of the audition, as an outsider, he could tell that archery should be a hobby that Sheng Yuan often engages in privately, otherwise she would not have such a neat set of professional equipment.

Moreover, the visual effect of her shooting three arrows while sitting on horseback was truly shocking, and so accurate that it made one's scalp tingle. The four words "hobbies and interests" might be a bit too subtle.

So, when he saw the guy from the special effects team in distress, he almost instantly thought of Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan understood what the martial arts instructor meant and was about to say something.

"Let's just forget it."

The staff of the special effects team at the side was the first to interrupt.

Sheng Yuan's audition video became a hot topic, and he had indeed heard about it, but if even a machine could not do it, it would be hard to imagine how difficult it would be for a human to do it.

This isn't a TV show, okay... Although it's a TV show, the martial arts instructor really treats the little girl as a superb archer, right? The special effects team didn't have any hope for Sheng Yuan at all.

It’s better not to make things difficult for the little girl, so he decided to continue researching the machine.

The girl's calm voice sounded: "Can you let me see the arrow first?"

The special effects crew paused: "?"

His eyes were surprised and surprised: "You...you really want to try?"

Sheng Yuan frowned slightly, thought for a second, and didn't say anything affirmative, his expression still calm: "I'll try."

"Come on, let's give it a try." Without giving the special effects crew time to react, the martial arts instructor stepped forward and put his arm around their shoulders, urging them: "You won't be able to experiment in a short time anyway, so why not let the girl try? It won't take too long, right? Besides, there might be some unexpected surprises, right?"

The special effects staff really couldn't understand why the martial arts instructor had such an inexplicably strong trust in Sheng Yuan.

Being urged to do so, I had no choice but to reluctantly take the people to the actual shooting location.

* The special effects team really encountered a difficult problem.

As soon as I got there, I saw two staff members bending over to adjust a piece of machinery with an arrow stuck in their hands.

Both of them had unhappy expressions, their brows were shrouded in a cloud of low pressure, and they looked rather tired.

Even the colleagues who came over with the martial arts instructor and Sheng Yuan only glanced over here briefly, then withdrew their gazes without interest and returned their attention to the machine again.

With a "Release!"

This is the best experimental result.

But——the staff operating the machine sighed dejectedly and cursed.

"It still doesn't work. It's still far from the desired effect."

"Tsk, if it really doesn't work, we can only wait until we get back to Beijing to find a professional archer and reshoot this scene later."

“…”

"The arrows are all here."

The special effects team member who led the way pushed a large black box in front of Sheng Yuan.

The crew is very rigorous in their use of props and weapons that strictly fit the plot and background, so naturally even bows and arrows are no exception.

——Bronze arrowhead, reed shaft arrow body, water bird feather arrow tail.

These were specially made by professionals and transported to the crew. They are different from modern bows and arrows.

This is why Sheng Yuan did not agree immediately, but said that she would give it a try. She had never used this kind of arrow, so she had no idea about it.

The staff of the special effects team had the same idea as Sheng Yuan and thought, forget it.

The martial arts instructor directly handed the bow to Sheng Yuan.

Special effects team staff: “…”

Sheng Yuan held the bow in his hand, shook it, and then picked up an arrow from the black box, put it on the bow, and tried to pull the bow to feel it.

The two special effects crew members on the other side also saw what was happening here and came over confusedly: "What's this for?"

After hearing my colleague explain the situation.

Three question marks popped up above their heads. They looked at each other, and their faces said, "Are you kidding me?" They obviously thought that this was too difficult and Sheng Yuan couldn't do it.

Next second.

Several people heard a "whoosh" sound nearby.

Sheng Yuan did not hesitate at all and directly pulled the bow. The arrow on the string turned into an afterimage.

Their eyes subconsciously followed the afterimage, and then clearly saw Sheng Yuan's arrow accurately hitting the arrow head that was inserted into the machine.

The bronze arrowhead shook slightly as it was hit and the arrow body bent back and forth.

The four people nearby were stunned and dumbfounded.

"It's not this—"

A staff member of the special effects team measured the distance between Sheng Yuan and the machine with his eyes.

“…It must be fake.”

Can this be shot?!

He looked at Sheng Yuan dumbfoundedly: "You...are you really that good?"

The girl in front of him still didn't give a definite answer, her expression was very sincere, and she pursed her lips.

"I'll try."

Special effects team staff: “…………”

These three words, "I'll try", have brought about a drastic change in his cognition in just half a minute.