I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 465 April (23)

Even if "Shushan" can be filmed, it will take 22 years...

This year and next year, there will be a bunch of main-theme tribute films.

Tribute films have mission attributes, so Shen Liang will definitely take on a few of them.

Apart from anything else, he had to participate in "Peak Explosion", which was a project organized by the old Beijing Film Studio...

Most likely the leading actor.

By the way, the old Beijing Film Studio has promoted Zhu Yilong - he was the leading actor in more than a dozen digital movies before he even graduated... In 10 years, he was invested with tens of millions in a documentary to play the main role, and it was made in IMAX 3D.

He can’t be promoted, unlike Shen Liang, who took off directly with just one movie “The Wandering Earth”!
In addition, Shen Liang also has to participate in the project on the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea...

But he didn’t like “Changjin Lake” very much…

"Changjin Lake"...

The magnificent battlefield real-life shooting can indeed make the three hours pass in a flash, but after watching it, you will find that your impression of the overall picture of the Changjin Lake, the most tragic battle in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, is still vague.

If you have watched the documentary "Ice Blood Changjin Lake" produced by the August 1st Film Studio ten years ago, you will know that the victory of this battle was that the Volunteer Army took advantage of the special terrain of Changjin Lake and formulated a strategy of luring the enemy deep into their territory and then dividing and encircling them.

This is not shown at all in the movie...

I originally thought that although "Changjin Lake" was not very good, it was at least passable. Later, I watched "Li Yannian" and "Super Hero Huang Jiguang"...

I finally understand: whether the main theme is good or not depends entirely on the level of the crew, not the subject matter.

It’s better to organize a group and shoot one yourself!

In addition, he also had to star in "1921"...

There are so many projects here, and each one takes time.

And they are all tasks...

The kind that cannot be refused.

"Shushan"?
I guess he can’t even film “Duel”, so it’d be good if he could have time to finish filming “Zhou Chu”!
……

Just as expected, I received a bunch of calls halfway through filming Zhou Chu...

Let him return to the mainland.

The Peak Explosion project has begun...

This Shen Liang will definitely take...

You have to accept it even if you don't like it, because this is a project organized by your mother.

In terms of film quality, "Peak Explosion" is no different from ordinary mission films...

Domestic mission films are basically like this: the higher-ups issue missions, the person in charge comes up with a theme, then finds a second-rate screenwriter to write the script in a few weeks, and then finds a few actors to act...

They often look for people with good acting skills, and then their hard work coupled with poor scripts and dialogues makes people very anxious.

In fact, if you want to film the difficulties of the railway soldiers, the construction of Yiwu-Wanzhou Railway is the best choice...

The Yichang to Wanzhou route is 377 kilometers long, with 159 tunnels and 253 bridges. The mainline tunnels and bridges account for 74% of the total length of the route.

The Yiwu-Wanzhou Railway is known as the most difficult mountain railway to construct in the history of China and even in the world. The entire line passes through the karst mountainous areas in western Hubei and eastern Chongqing. The mountains along the line are high and steep, the river valleys are deep, and there are karst, underground rivers and other unfavorable geological conditions throughout the line.

Under the conditions at that time, we chose such a difficult route only because it was the first battle and the initial exploration. No matter how much we analyzed, researched and designed the technology, the towering mountains stood before us, and no one knew what kind of counterattack you would encounter if you really challenged it.

After groping forward and going through untold hardships and overcoming numerous difficulties, we finally reached the last kilometer.

Then add a hypothetical plot: the mountain collapsed and it might bury the town. In order to save the town, they prepared to blow it up!
Intellectually, we all know what choice we should make, but emotionally I still want to struggle to see if there is a solution that satisfies both parties.

There is a five-minute documentary at the beginning of the film to help the audience understand the plot... Delete the awkward family line, and the disaster film can just tell the story of the disaster!
Disaster outbreak, emergency response...

It could have lasted 120 minutes. There is no point in having a family theme in a movie like this!

"I have already mentioned the script requirements, you guys can change them first... I will finish the project I am working on and go back to Beijing directly..."

"I will definitely appear in the show... You can rest assured about that..."

"It will probably take about half a month to shoot here..."

"Well, you can invite the advanced team of the special effects team and discuss with them the special effects images to be produced... start both sides at the same time... the special effects company you found, Tiangong Yicai?"

“…I don’t really trust them. I personally suggest that we look for MOREVFX, the special effects team of The Wandering Earth…”

Tiangong Yicai is very famous. It was reorganized from four well-known post-production companies in the industry: Tiangong Film, Yicai Film and Television, Lesheng Culture, and Yicai Film…

These four companies are all state-owned enterprises, and they receive a lot of funding every year...

It cannot be said that they don’t have the ability - the equipment is the best in Asia, but it’s a state-owned enterprise, and everyone knows that if they can get 60 points, they will definitely not try hard to get 80!

After talking about "Feng Bao" with producer Fu Ruoqing, Shen Liang hung up the phone, washed his face, and continued filming "Zhou Chu"...

……

According to the shooting plan, the shooting period of "Zhou Chu" is 45 days in total.

Shen Liang needs to stay on the set every day.

The character of Chen Guilin is very interesting. It is hard to say whether he is good or bad. If we have to measure him by good or bad, the title of the movie "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" has already told us the answer. Zhou Chu is one of the three evils, and Chen Guilin himself is also a gangster killer who kills without blinking an eye, but he only kills bad guys, the worst of the bad guys.

I feel that the verses of Lu Zhishen before his death in "Water Margin" are very suitable for him: I have never cultivated good deeds in my life, and I only love killing and arson. Suddenly, the golden rope was untied, and the jade lock was broken. Hey! The tide signal came on the Qiantang River, and today I know who I am.

Shen Liang's acting is quite cool...

Tsui Hark's directing was also very smooth, with basically no special effects and the fights were real.

Shen Liang noticed that the female characters in Tsui Hark's films have a unique sense of charm. He would not let the female characters be naked...

Originally, Cheng Xiaomei in "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" was just a hair salon girl, a rescued person. She and her mother were rescued from a gangster boss by a Hong Kong man, and then they escaped from the wolf's den but fell into the tiger's den.

Their "savior" Hong Kong Aberdeen turned Cheng Xiaomei's mother into a concubine of the gang leader, forcing her to pay off her debts and even forcing her to take the blame for him and go to jail...

After her mother went to jail, Cheng Xiaomei became a money-making machine for Hong Kong Aberdeen. She opened a barber shop to make money to pay off his debts, contacted Zhang Guiqing, an underground doctor for him, and served as a tool for him to vent his lust...

As a weak woman, she was powerless to resist her stepfather, nor did she dare to resist, and she didn't even dare to say a word, or even show a painful expression...

The beauty seemed pale and powerless in the face of the beast's ravages. The more silent she was, the more powerful the sense of oppression she felt, which was suffocating!

Tsui Hark changed a little bit - gave a close-up: when Hong Aberdeen threatened Chen Guilin in the hair salon, she saw the gun in Chen Guilin's hand, but she did not remind Hong Aberdeen...

From this, it can be seen that she also hopes that someone will eliminate this kind of violent control.

Oh, the actor who plays Aberdeen is Wu Zhenyu!

In addition, she told Chen Guilin that her mother was rescued by Hong Kong Aberdeen, so her mother was willing to take the blame for Hong Kong Aberdeen. After she finished speaking, she paused and looked at Chen Guilin...

"If you want, I can take the blame for you!"

“…No need, you are free, go wherever you want!”

Chen Guilin killed Aberdeen and Lin Luhe to eliminate violence.

The only one who saved Xiaomei and gave her freedom was Anliang.

Oh, it’s mid-April and the movie is over!
(End of this chapter)