Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 423 Playing Dead to the End

Today we begin filming the scene where Hu Bayi and other educated youth accidentally stumble into a Japanese underground chemical plant.

The crew built part of the chemical plant set in another 1,000-square-meter studio; one studio alone couldn't have built the entire chemical plant.

In Li Qiutang's adaptation, the Japanese zombie soldiers encountered by Hu Bayi and others are no longer hallucinations, but real Japanese soldiers mutated by radiation from a Japanese chemical plant.

The special effects makeup for these Japanese soldiers was handled by Xiao Jin, a leading figure in the industry, and his studio, with the cooperation of two other visual effects companies.

First, they filmed the action scenes. It was the first time the actors had seen zombie soldiers in full makeup. Xiao Jin was really skilled; the makeup was very realistic and quite frightening.

This scene had nothing to do with Liu Yifei, but she still came to watch and even took photos with the extras with great interest.

He praised the makeup as being incredibly realistic.

She was seized by a playful impulse, just like when she learned to jump around like a zombie on the set of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" when she was a child. Now she is following the assistant director and learning to act like a zombie with the extras.

Later, when Jing Tian first saw these extras in full makeup, she was shocked: "I was the one who was killed by them?"

“No, you fell off the elevator and died,” Li Qiutang said.

Because this part is mainly action scenes, Zhang Jialu took a shortcut and wrote an extremely simple script.

"The educated youth team was attacked by zombie soldiers, and all but Hu and Wang were wiped out."

How this scene was filmed and what lines the characters said were entirely up to Li Qiutang's performance.

This could easily leave the actors feeling lost, but fortunately, Li Qiutang created a full-length dynamic preview, which helped the actors understand how to act.

"Has the cavalryman I asked for arrived yet?" In addition to the zombie infantry, Li Qiutang arranged for a zombie cavalryman to be the boss in this action scene. However, a real horse cannot be made into a zombie horse in actual filming. Therefore, Li Qiutang asked for a black horse, and then covered it with some rags and broken bones to make it look like a zombie. The person on the horse is still a zombie soldier. Later, the lighting will be dimmed so that it will not be easy to be exposed.

This cavalry zombie was elusive and incredibly skilled. More than half of the educated youth team died at his hands. Even Wang Kaixuan was tied up with a whip and dragged for a long distance, almost dying at his hands.

"Director, they're here." The assistant director brought a man and a horse to Li Qiutang; neither the man nor the horse was made up.

"How's the practice going?" The venue was small, and this scene demanded a lot from this extra, so he was given plenty of time to practice.

The man patted his chest and said there was no problem, but Li Qiutang still had some doubts. Practice and actual filming were two completely different environments. He didn't doubt the people, but he was worried about the horses. Animals were too uncontrollable.

"I won't film you today. You need to practice more until you achieve perfect harmony between you and your horse. You need to tell it how to run and it should run exactly as you tell it. If you can get it right in one take, I'll give you a big bonus."

Extras who need special effects makeup are paid much more than regular extras. The guy who played the cavalryman was also the crew's horse master, so he received two salaries.

"Tian Tian, ​​stop playing around, we're going into the studio." Then she said to Liu Yifei, "You too, you come here to cause trouble even when you're not filming, hurry up and go back."

Liu Yifei wouldn't listen to him. She wouldn't go back since she wouldn't have any scenes to film for the next two weeks.

Li Qiutang assigned her a task: "Go and check on Chen Kailin."

"What's up with her?"

Li Qiutang pulled her aside, shooed away the crew's behind-the-scenes photographer, and said softly, "I suspected she wasn't training her movements and lines as planned back on the grassland. I asked Chen Guofu to supervise her training after she returned to Yanjing. Haven't you noticed that I haven't filmed any scenes with her for almost a month since she came back? Could you go and check on her training progress?"

"You're the boss's wife, you should do something too."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes and said, "You ask me to do things that offend people."

"I didn't ask you to offend anyone. Go and see for yourself. Come back and tell me if it's good or bad, and I'll handle it."

Liu Yifei then took over the task, and Li Qiutang returned to the studio to film.

The "Four Great Constables" series is coming to its third and final installment this year. Liu Yifei was invited to attend the premiere on the 19th.

Jiang Yiyan knew that Liu Yifei hadn't been filming recently, but Liu Yifei, seeing that it was the finale, didn't refuse and went to the set to cheer on her friend.

This should be Liu Yifei's first public appearance since the main promotional activities for "Lucy" ended. Actually, "The Four Great Constables: The Finale" isn't very appealing. The show is pretty lackluster now; it's not a loss, but it wasn't a hit either. The only thing that sparked some discussion was Jiang Yiyan's "flirting" with Deng Chao, which angered Sun Li. Otherwise, there's not much to talk about.

But it's different when Liu Yifei comes today. The reporters have too many questions for her, and they don't care whether this is Liu Yifei's home turf or not.

The most direct question is: "You mentioned before that you wanted to receive a new ring for your birthday this year, does that mean you want to get married?"

"Your birthday is coming up soon, has Director Qiu Tang proposed to you yet?"

"What is your current relationship status? Can you tell me directly?"

But Liu Yifei didn't answer any of these questions and ignored them completely.

After taking photos on the red carpet, we went inside.

Jiang Yiyan borrowed money from Liu Yifei several times, and always paid it back on time. The two are still good friends.

So she would definitely tease Liu Yifei: "Want a ring? He must have seen it, but he's pretending not to know, waiting to surprise you."

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "I was just saying it casually, but you guys took it seriously."

“We can joke about other things, but we have to be serious about the ring,” Jiang Yiyan said.

Liu Yifei continued to deny it: "My mom gave me a ring a couple of years ago, it's nothing."

Deng Chao had never heard of this before. After finding out the details in a few words, he asked Liu Yifei, "When you celebrated your birthday before, he gave you necklaces or perfumes, but he never gave you a ring, did he?"

"Can you just give away rings like that?"

"That's it, he knows it perfectly well."

After a few casual words, the host on stage announced that the premiere was about to begin, and everyone returned to their seats.

After watching the film, Liu Yifei offered a few perfunctory compliments, praising its excellent production, vivid performances, and wishing it great success.

Logically speaking, Liu Yifei's performance at the premiere of "The Four Great Constables: The Finale" was decent and nothing to write home about.

But she is still mentioned in the press release.

"Liu Yifei attended the premiere of 'The Four 3' and implicitly acknowledged her relationship with Li Qiutang."

How did you just accept it as the default?

Liu Yifei appeared at the premiere of "The Four Great Constables: The Finale" and refused to talk about being pressured into marriage.

But there's another one:
"Liu Yifei attended an event with a big smile, suggesting that good news may be on the horizon."

They can say one thing and say another.

After these articles came out, they stirred up a lot of emotions among the fans. The fans have basically accepted Li Qiutang. What's infuriating now is that Liu Yifei has hinted at it so much, but he's still pretending to be dead and not responding.

If they don't give Liu Yifei an explanation, other fans will say they're keeping a kept woman as a caged bird, playing with her and then dumping her.

"Just announce your marriage already! You've already said so much, pretending to be silent won't work anymore. @Li Qiutang"

There are hundreds or even thousands of similar comments, and fans are also sending him private messages.

"What are you looking at?" Liu Yifei came over with a face mask on, and Li Qiutang quickly exited Weibo and opened Tieba.

"I saw a joke online, and the netizen's experience is really hilarious, haha."

(End of this chapter)