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Chapter 96 Shooting
In "Run Lola Run," there are several other young characters similar to Zhang Jiahui's investment car, such as the woman pushing a stroller, the man driving, the female bank employee, and the bank security guard. These individuals all experience three different fates due to their encounters with Lola on the road. However, the most important supporting character is undoubtedly Lola's closest relative, her father.

They are currently filming a scene between Li Xiaoran and her father.

"Lola, what are you doing here?" Li Chengru asked, spreading his hands.

"Then what are you doing here?" Li Xiaoran asked, panting.

She had just pushed open the door to her father's office when she bumped into him about to have an affair with a female colleague.

Li Chengru, unable to hide his embarrassment, walked back behind his desk and sat down, forcing a smile as he said, "It's nothing!"

At this moment, Li Xiaoran walked towards Li Chengru.

"Crack!"

After shouting, Wu Yuchen walked over to Li Xiaoran himself:
"Expression, expression, there needs to be an emotional shift here! You were angry when you first walked in and found out your father was having an affair, but now you have to suppress your anger in order to get money from him. So in the few steps you take, you complete the transformation of your expression from anger to suppression to pleading."

Li Xiaoran understood after hearing this, but it wasn't so simple when it came to the performance.

"Click! Where's the restraint? It jumped straight from anger to begging, that's so out of character!"

"Crack! Too stiff, start over!"

"Screw it! Don't be so servile!"

"Snap! The sweat on my forehead has dried. Let's go for another run and come back!"

In fact, Wu Yuchen could have asked the makeup artist to add some water to her to create the illusion of sweat, but since he wanted Li Xiaoran to take the method acting approach in this film, he naturally wanted to pursue realism as much as possible to increase her sense of immersion.

Now that most of the running scenes have been filmed, we've moved on to the stage with a lot of dialogue scenes. Naturally, we need to get her into the right mindset first, and things will go more smoothly once she gets into the right feeling.

This short walking sequence was repeated countless times. To keep sweating, Li Xiaoran herself didn't know whether she went out for a run twenty or thirty times.

This kind of purely dramatic acting demanded more from her than her facial expressions while running. The entire crew worked with her to perfect this scene, which increased her psychological pressure. At one point, she felt that she was acting worse and worse, her expressions were almost numb, and she had no idea what she was acting.

After countless attempts, she seemed to suddenly find her footing.

Sure enough, Wu Yuchen didn't yell "cut" this time.

"This time it was so-so, we managed to get one, let's try again!"

Li Xiaoran seized the feeling from before, and after three more takes, she heard Wu Yuchen shout, "Pass!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoran finally breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that this scene was much more tiring than the running scenes she had filmed before.

This scene had been filmed for several hours, but Wu Yuchen only gave the crew a short break before ordering filming to continue. He could tell that Li Xiaoran was getting into character, so he wanted to finish filming this scene now to help her get into character further.

……

In the corridor, Li Chengru walked briskly with his arm around Li Xiaoran, his expression cold and stern.

Li Xiaoran looked uneasy in his arms: "Dad, will you help me?"

Li Chengru put his arm around her shoulder tightly and said coldly as they walked:

"Of course you will. Now come with me to the door, and then go home and lie down on the bed."

Also, tell your mom that I'm not coming home today, I'm not coming home tomorrow, and I'm never coming home again!
Because I'm leaving you all, I'm going to marry another woman, we'll have children, and we'll live a happy life!
……

All you ever do is come to me for money, isn't that great?
I've had enough of you all, I don't need to listen to your constant nagging!

……

I don't want to be seen as a fool by others anymore!

This is a personal rant and ramble by Li Chengru that lasts for more than a minute. His expressions and lines are excellent, truly befitting a veteran actor.

Li Xiaoran's sad expression at this moment is the only scene in the entire film that shows her vulnerability.

At the doorway, Li Chengru cursed, "I really wish I hadn't given birth to a madman like you!"

Li Xiaoran retorted, feeling wronged, "Yes, you gave birth to an idiot!"

Li Chengru suddenly erupted again, raising his voice: "No, you're not, I'm talking about a madman!"

Li Xiaoran was startled by his shout, and then stared blankly at Li Chengru with an incredulous look in her eyes.

Li Chengru shoved Li Xiaoran out of the passageway, then exhaled and stared at her, saying:

"Now you finally understand, the madman who gave birth to you probably didn't even know you were born!"

Li Xiaoran burst into tears and stood there stunned. She never expected that she was not her father's biological daughter!

Then, at Li Chengru's command, he allowed the security guards to take him out.

"Pass! Very good, that's all for today. Thank you all for your hard work!"

Today we finally finished filming the first take of Lola's first meeting with her father, and most importantly, Li Xiaoran's condition is getting better and better, so the filming should go more smoothly from now on.

The following day, filming continued, but this time it focused on Lola's second attempt to find her father. Because of the first encounter, Lola already knew about her relationship with her father, and she came with resentment, having witnessed her father talking with his lover.

Li Chengru questioned, "What are you doing here?"

"I need your help."

Li Chengru said impatiently, "Do you know how busy I am right now?"

"But I have no other choice."

"Screw you! Why did it have to be now? I'm in trouble myself, you know?"

Li Chengru was furious because his daughter had opened the door, allowing his colleagues to discover his affair.

Looking at her father's lover, Lola couldn't help but cry out in grievance, "Who is this bitch?"

"This is none of your business!" Li Chengru roared.

Then there's another conversation where Lola asks her father for money.

Li Chengru took out his wallet and walked over:

"Okay, take the money and get out of here! How much? Five hundred or a thousand?"

"No, I need a lot?" "How much is 'a lot'?"

"50."

The original value was 10 marks, but Wu Yuchen changed it to 50 Hong Kong dollars here.

After Li Xiaoran mentioned 50 yuan, Li Chengru stared at his daughter in shock. His mistress, however, couldn't help but speak first:

"Don't you have any shame? You barged in without knocking and disturbed our work, and now you're..."

"None of your business! I don't even know you, you vixen!" Li Xiaoran interrupted her directly with a curse.

However, her outburst angered Li Chengru, who slapped Li Xiaoran across the face.

Regarding the portrayal of the father figure, he never smiled at Lola once throughout the entire story, nor did he speak a single kind word to her, which reveals his usual attitude towards Lola.

Considering that Lola is not her biological daughter, the audience can now understand why Lola is so love-struck. She grew up in an environment where she was extremely deprived of love, so she was willing to do anything for her boyfriend who loved her.

Therefore, after being slapped, Li Xiaoran was instantly filled with anger, and then turned around, went outside, pulled out a gun from the security guard's waist, and kidnapped her father to rob him.

The second take took several days to film because it included the bank robbery scene, which was added to the first take. Furthermore, the police were needed to assist with this scene, and it took the Silver City (the film studio) a considerable amount of time to obtain approval.

After the police arrived, they quickly finished filming the bank robbery scene, and even filmed the first take of the scene where Lola was accidentally shot and killed by the police.

Besides needing police cooperation, another difficulty was filming the scene of gambling in the casino. Initially, the casinos all disagreed. After all, it was just a small film crew from the mainland, without big-name stars like Stephen Chow, Stephen Chow, Jackie Chan, or the Four Heavenly Kings. Why would they let them film for them?

In the end, Wu Yuchen contacted Xu Anhua, whom he had met at the film festival.

Moreover, they were very astute. Macau was going to return to China in a few years, so it wouldn't be bad to sell it to Silver City, a state-owned enterprise representing the mainland. Therefore, they approved a casino hall for Wu Yuchen to film for 6 hours.

"action!"

Fu Dalong slammed down the phone. Unable to borrow money from any source, he walked out of the phone booth, rubbing his head in frustration and gazing at the sky.

Just as he was feeling desperate, a bicycle rode past him. He caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, immediately turned his head, and discovered that it was none other than the beggar who had taken the money he had lost, Ni Dahong.

Ni Dahong was leisurely riding the bicycle he bought from the thief when he was startled by a sound behind him.

"Stop!" Fu Dalong shouted.

Ni Dahong turned his head and saw that it was Fu Dalong. He looked panicked and immediately sped up to try to escape.

The two chased each other, and Fu Dalong blocked him on an empty road. Ni Dahong held his hands up and didn't dare to move because the other party was pointing a gun at him.

Both of them stopped, panting heavily. Then Fu Dalong pointed the gun at the bag of money in the bicycle basket: "This is my money!"

Ni Dahong nodded, then watched with great reluctance as Fu Dalong took the money away.

As Fu Dalong turned to leave, Ni Dahong shouted, "What am I supposed to do?"

Fu Dalong turned around with a questioning look on his face, only to see Ni Dahong panting as he said, "Could you give me the gun?"

Fu Dalong stared at Ni Dahong for a few seconds, then kept backing away. When he reached the corner, he threw down his gun and ran away.

Ni Dahong walked over step by step, picked up the gun from the ground, and then looked at the bank across the street, a ruthless look on his face.

"Cut! Very good, Teacher Ni acted very well. You've finished filming your scenes, so hurry up and change out of those dirty clothes and go home to wash up!"

Wu Yuchen watched the replay again and said with satisfaction. He had filmed the effects of the butterfly effect on Laura's body during the third take.

"Director, as long as you're satisfied, that's fine. If not, I'll do another take."

Ni Dahong was indeed very dedicated. In his role as a beggar, he not only wore dirty clothes, but also rolled around on the ground a few times, smearing his face with ash. That's why Wu Yuchen quickly told him to go wash up.

……

The final scene was filmed in an ambulance.

The first two times Li Xiaoran ran, she only brushed past the ambulance, but this time she opened the car door from the back and got in directly.

The person lying in the ambulance at that moment was the security guard at the bank entrance, who was seriously injured and pale.

The reason he was lying here was because the beggar, played by Ni Dahong, was resentful of losing his windfall after Fu Dalong took it back, so he took a gun and robbed a bank!

The security guard role was also played by a familiar face, Law Kar-ying, who played Tang Sanzang in "A Chinese Odyssey". Law Kar-ying's salary is actually not high. His main profession is singing Cantonese opera. He only started acting part-time in the 90s to support his family.

The nurse kept pressing on Luo Jiaying's chest, and when she saw Li Xiaoran come up, she immediately asked, "What are you doing up here?"

While lying down, Law Kar-ying stared intently at Li Xiaoran, and despite his serious injuries, he shakily raised his hand and reached out to her.

Li Xiaoran looked into his eyes, then squatted down beside him, took his hands in hers, and said in a gentle voice, "I will always be with him."

It's already quite obvious here; Lola already knows that the security guard is her biological father.

Every time Lola was at the bank, the security guard would greet her affectionately with jokes, calling her "Princess Lola" or "Dear Lola." And when Lola called for her father, it was always the security guard who appeared. All of this foreshadowed and hinted at the situation.

The nurse was still pressing on Luo Jiaying's chest, but when she saw the pulse on the machine suddenly return to normal, she immediately showed a look of surprise and joy. Then, looking at Li Xiaoran and Luo Jiaying's clasped hands, she said blankly, "He's saved."

Li Xiaoran smiled upon hearing this.

"Cut! That's a wrap!"

After watching the final take, Wu Yuchen felt there were no problems and shouted, and the crew immediately cheered.

Li Xiaoran, however, felt a sense of disorientation. She had filmed for seven weeks, and at the beginning, she had to consciously act out the scenes. But later, she didn't know when, she had come to feel like she was Lola. Now, hearing Wu Yuchen shout "Filming wrapped" felt unreal.

Wu Yuchen first smiled at Law Kar-ying, who was lying in the ambulance, and said, "Teacher Law, the crew is having a wrap party tonight, please be sure to come!"

“Hoo hoo hoo!” Law Kar-ying replied in barely audible Cantonese.

Seeing Li Xiaoran looking somewhat dazed, Wu Yuchen went over and hugged her, knowing that her current state was a side effect of the experiential learning approach, making it difficult for her to distinguish between the role and reality.

Wu Yuchen hugged her and whispered in her ear, "Ranran, it's over. You did a great job!"

Li Xiaoran simply nodded when she heard Wu Yuchen's words, and then unconsciously hugged him tightly.

Wu Yuchen stroked her red hair. His first task was to get Li Xiaoran to dye it back to its original color. He would also try to mention Lola less often, and when they were around her, he would deliberately emphasize Li Xiaoran's identity and bring her into the conversation.

I have a cold, so I feel a bit groggy while writing.

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