I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 450: Emergency (23)

In terms of genre elements, action films are genre films whose main purpose is to show fierce, tense, and exciting fighting scenes.

As for action movies...the biggest attraction is naturally the action scenes.

This is also the biggest reason for the decline of action movies - for action scenes, actors, especially the leading actors, must at least be good at action.

Are there any actors who are good at action scenes?
Even if there is... she doesn’t look good!
Action actors are very good-looking. Li Lianjie and Jackie Chan are both handsome men, especially Li Lianjie. He has a righteous, elegant and restrained temperament...

Back then, Zhen Zidan was considered second-rate in Hong Kong...

There is a concept of ecological niche in the Hollywood circle. Actors of a certain type and level are ranked one, two, and three, and each studio will invite them one by one according to their budget and schedule. If they cannot hire them, they will downgrade them to the second choice.

This is especially true for Hong Kong films.

For example: Wang Jing said that the original plan of "Young and Dangerous" was to invite Andy Lau, the representative actor of gangsters after "A Moment of Romance". But Andy Lau refused to act, so they invited He Jiajin, who had a comic face and played Hua Yingxiong. When that didn't work out, they found Cheng Yimian, who was still a little-known actor at the time.

Every genre of film only needs one king. Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die, and the winner takes all!

The same goes for kung fu movies.

Back then, Jackie Chan was seriously injured while filming "Dragon Brothers" in Yugoslavia. His production dropped significantly in the following years and his signature dangerous moves became less common. Many people saw the opportunity and tried to introduce a new Jackie Chan to replace him. Wu Siyuan brought in Li Yuanba and Tang Long, while Yuan Heping brought in Zhen Zidan...

Unfortunately, the market that Jackie Chan gave up was completely taken over by Cinema City's gun action films, and neither Donnie Yen, Tang Long, nor Li Yuanba were able to succeed.

Later, Tsui Hark and Lee Ji-hyun joined forces to revive the martial arts film market, and Zhen Zidan followed suit to shoot martial arts films.

Unexpectedly, it's even worse. Kung Fu movies have a threshold after all, but as for martial arts movies, with the trampoline, wirework, and fast editing of Yuan Heping and Cheng Xiaodong, a bunch of beautiful actors have rushed to the martial arts film market to grab a living, and Zhen Zidan has simply fallen to the role of a villain and a supporting role.

It was not until Jackie Chan and Jie Li left Hollywood that Zhen Zidan got his chance.

With them around, the market is only willing to invest resources in Jackie Chan and Li Lianjie.

Don't mention Zhen Zidan, Sammo Hung went downhill for a few years after 88, and even had trouble getting a leading role after 93...

Two thousand years later, with the success of "SPL", "Flash Point" and "Ip Man", Zhen Zidan became the flagship figure of Hong Kong action movies!

The film and television industry is an industry where you can't afford to take risks.

Unless you can make money 100%, the probability of investing is not high.

The same is true for "Raging Fire". After Shen Liang was confirmed, Zhen Zidan joined the cast, and the subsequent things became simple...

Zhen Zidan had heard of Shen Liang, after all, he was the best of the new generation in mainland China... and Yan Hua had worked with him before, so he probably knew that this person worked very hard when filming.

And he's pretty good...

Therefore, the requirements for him are still very strict.

It took five days to shoot this scene...

Benny Chan gave the crew a day off before filming the gunfight in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Real shot!

Of course, it wasn’t a real gunfight in Tsim Sha Tsui – the crew built a BJ road to film the gunfight and explosion scenes…

Chen Musheng actually doesn’t like CG very much. The explosion scene in “Drug War” was all shot in real life…

There are so many scrapped cars in "Raging Fire", and the cars used are real cars. Of course, they are basically scrapped cars. The crew bought them back, painted them, and they look like new...

Compared to the production budget of the entire play, the prices of these cars are not worth mentioning.

When Ringo Lam was filming "Sky of Fire", the car chase scenes were upgraded directly, and a Maserati worth more than 200 million yuan was actually used for crashing.

When the producer saw that it cost more than 100 million to repair the car, he felt sorry for the money. Ringo Lam laughed and comforted him: "Crashing a car is nothing. Crashing more than a hundred cars is less than the actors' pay."

……

Back at the hotel, it was already three in the morning. Shen Liang simply took a shower and prepared to go to bed. Rouba was woken up and asked in a daze, "So late again today?"

“…There’s nothing we can do. We have to meet the deadline!”

"Is filming in Hong Kong so rushed?"

"almost…"

Shen Liang nodded: "Normally, a play takes at most two months to shoot..."

“Oh, then you should go to sleep…” “Yeah.”

Shen Liang hugged her, kissed her, turned off the light... and fell into a deep sleep...

At 7 o'clock in the morning, he was woken up by...

Now that you're awake, do some morning exercises!
A day's plan begins in the morning!
After finishing the work, Shen Liang said: "You don't have to be here so early, take a day off today..."

"…rest?"

"Well, the crew needs to check the constructed building..."

After thinking for a while, Shen Liang asked her: "Do you want to buy clothes? I'll go with you!"

"Okay!" Rouba nodded first, then asked doubtfully, "Aren't you afraid of being photographed?"

"It's okay, just wear a mask and a hat..."

Just don’t admit it if you’re photographed!

Besides, in the current situation, it is impossible to become a hot topic.

Love has come...

……

The film and television industry has completely entered a cold winter period!
The downstream links cannot function normally.

The film industry chain from upstream to downstream includes creative planning, shooting and production, film distribution, and cinema chains. Among them, the downstream cinema chains have been hit hard, and closure has almost become commonplace.

The downstream industry chain cannot function, which has caused the film market to basically come to a standstill. Theater screenings have been suspended, filming work has been postponed, and scheduled films have been delayed...

At the same time, it also raises issues such as the fulfillment of subsequent film and television contracts, corporate operating costs and financing during the window period, unemployment of film and television personnel, and the gap between theater chains and video websites.

Film and television companies incurred huge losses, many film and television bases were temporarily closed, the film industry chain suffered severe damage, a large number of TV dramas were stagnant and backlogged, most TV variety shows stopped recording, and some new programs that were about to be launched were postponed. Faced with huge losses from possible withdrawal of investment by advertisers, many small and medium-sized enterprises went bankrupt.

Shen Liang can't go back to the mainland for the time being...

Even if I go back, the filming of "Life Events" will have to be postponed - it was originally scheduled to be filmed in Wuhan in late February, but now, it is simply impossible!
As for the TV series...

Several film and television bases have closed down.

However, the filming of "Raging Fire" continues...

Shen Liang was not in a hurry at all - he had experienced it before!
I am optimistic every day...

But others are different.

The cinema is closed...

When will it open?
Chen Musheng was very worried...

After all, "Murderous Case" cost 1.8 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is not known when it will be released.

Shen Liang consoled him, "Director, don't worry about this. I'm so calm... This drama of ours is invested by Teng Xun, they will definitely find a way to release it!"

"Do you have any specific information?"

"That's not the case... But we have to trust the government..."

"... "

Donnie Yen came over and asked about the movie release...

Shen Liang also doesn't remember the exact time when the cinema opens...

Then, many crew members came over.

They are worried!
Shen Liang simply said: "If you are bored, let's shoot another one!"

"Another one?"

"Yeah...my project has been delayed anyway...even if I go back to the mainland, I don't know when I can start working, so let's make another action movie!"

(End of this chapter)