Yi Tianzhao is going crazy lately.
As a director who works for the state, Yi Tianzhao is very dedicated to her work. As a renowned director at CTS (China Television System) with numerous achievements, she has the pride of a filmmaker.
The project "Tianji Tower" was something Yi Tianzhao secured from her superiors with a guarantee. This was because "Phoenix Plays with Dragon" was also a part of her youthful memories. Yi Tianzhao hoped to personally interpret this story.
To this end, Yi Tianzhao ran around tirelessly, assembling a group of top-notch actors within the budget. He even swallowed his pride and used his personal connections to persuade action star Yang Huanyi.
Yi Tianzhao decided to personally break "Xiao Fengque's curse".
Who would have thought that, whether it was because Yi Tianzhao had recently run into bad luck or because Xiao Fengque's curse was too powerful, misfortunes kept happening one after another ever since he took on this project.
First, Yang Huanyi was filming multiple projects at once. The other party hadn't told Yi Tianzhao this at first; it was only brought up when the contract was being signed. —Since this was a powerful figure he had invited, Yi Tianzhao had no choice but to swallow his pride and bear it.
Then there's Jiang Shang Nong Chao Sheng, also known as Teacher Jiang Aihua. I don't know where they got this guy, but they insisted on putting him in the cast as the male lead.
According to Jiang Shang Nongchaosheng, the person with connections was the grandson of his closest friend, essentially his own grandson. He had promised that old friend decades ago that he would have this grandson become Xie An's son.
Jiang Aihua's grandson is all looks and no substance, but his acting skills are quite mediocre. Fortunately, he has impressive martial arts skills. His fight scenes are crisp, clean, and fluid; he can break bricks with his bare hands, and during his audition, he even kicked Yi Tianzhao's mahogany desk in half with a single kick.
What kind of martial arts story is it if there's no martial arts? Yi Tianzhao, considering the genuine skill of the characters, reluctantly forgave his grandson's cringe-worthy acting skills and accepted him.
The subsequent casting went smoothly, and they even discovered one or two exceptionally talented newcomers among the extras. Yi Tianzhao thought the "curse of Xiao Fengque" was finally over—
Then, I lost my composure.
First was Li Yi—the grandson of actress Jiang Aihua, who was connected to her through connections. His acting was so bad it was outrageous; once, while watching him act, the cameraman couldn't help but burst out laughing!
Then there's Yang Huanyi, who was juggling multiple projects at once. Her condition was terrible; acting every day felt like going to work—while acting is indeed work for actors, you can't bring that work mentality into your performance!
Looking at the exhausted, slick, and lazy woman on the monitor, Yi Tianzhao couldn't believe she was Xiao Fengque. She was even quite glad that Teacher Jiang Aihua was busy revising the script and didn't have time to come to the set to watch the actual filming; otherwise, she would have given the seventy-year-old lady a heart attack from anger.
Even in his forte, action scenes, Yang Huanyi has started to dodge the questions!
Just by looking at the title "The Special Envoy of the City," you can guess what kind of movie it is.
As a suspenseful crime action film, "action" definitely takes up a significant portion of the movie. Given Wei Yize's abilities, he certainly doesn't need to be responsible for that. The person handling the action scenes is none other than Yang Huanyi.
"The Special Envoy of the City" is a theatrical film, which Yang Huanyi considers far superior to the TV movie "Tianji Tower." If it weren't for getting in touch with CTS (China Television System), Yang Huanyi would never have wanted to take on this old-fashioned martial arts film adapted from a tired script.
Therefore, Yang Huanyi devoted most of his energy to "The Special Envoy of the City". He gave it his all in both dramatic and action scenes. No matter how many takes the director had to do, Yang Huanyi never complained and diligently re-enacted the scenes; no matter how dangerous or difficult the action scenes were, Yang Huanyi performed them himself and never used a stunt double.
This performance earned Yang Huanyi a flood of praise, and her team was even prepared to buy articles to release during the promotional period of "The Special Envoy of the Dangerous City".
However, human energy is ultimately finite. If 90% of your energy is invested in *The Special Envoy of the City*, then only 10% will naturally remain for *The Heavenly Secret Tower*. Having filmed three action scenes in *The Special Envoy of the City*, the subsequent action scenes on *The Heavenly Secret Tower* set will naturally leave you feeling exhausted. Furthermore, if there are many takes on *The Special Envoy of the City*, it's inevitable that some fatigue and restlessness will be carried over into *The Heavenly Secret Tower*…
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