Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 249 Why is there no face in my photo?

Gu Ming woke up and his head didn't hurt much. Instead, Zhen Xialong on the bed next to him kept groaning, and it seemed that he had a severe headache.

"Take a good day to rest. I can go by myself today."

Gu Ming simply washed up, took his breakfast, and sat at the small table to eat slowly.

There are also several morning newspapers on the cart, covering the more famous major newspapers in Hong Kong such as Ming Pao and Sing Hai Daily, as well as some tabloids.

He picked up one.

"hiss……"

After taking a closer look at the photo above, Gu Ming took a deep breath and gulped down the soup dumplings.

It's too scary, let Manatsu Ryuu see it himself.

He threw the newspaper on the bedside table, ate his breakfast in a few bites, left a note, and got up to leave.

Martial arts director, martial arts director, we can't live without him for a day.

After a while, Manatsu Ryu woke up in a daze, and as expected, he had a severe headache.

He couldn't speak Cantonese or Mandarin, and it was difficult for him to refuse, so he was drunk by the Hong Kong martial artists and couldn't even lift his head. He must have drunk at least a box of liquor.

"This Xiangjiang beer is really strong. It tastes completely different from our Asahi beer. When drinking it, you must soak it in an ice bucket and drink it from a draft beer cup."

Zhen Xialong rubbed his almost cracked head, and the first thing he saw was the note left for him by Gu Ming, saying that he didn't need to go to work today and asked him to have a good rest.

The last note also specifically stated that yesterday's photos had been published in the newspaper, and asked him to have a chance to see them.

"So fast?"

Zhen Xialong was amazed, picked up a steamed bun and ate it, then opened the newspaper on the bedside.

It would have been fine if I hadn't looked at it, but when I looked closely, I saw that the bun almost fell to the ground.

"No, this... is this my fate?!"

Manatsu Ryu couldn't help but hold his head and wail, even the steamed dumplings didn't smell good anymore.

In the photo, Cheng Long stood in the center, his signature smile on his face. Next to him was Gu Ming, also eye-catching.

Liang Xiaolong was on the other side, half of his face was covered by the light spot, and he was the worst off, his face was completely blocked, and he couldn't see or see anything from the position he was standing in.

It turned out that when Cheng Long was chasing the paparazzi, he broke his camera, which caused some problems with the camera. When taking pictures, only the middle right part could capture things, and the left part was relatively poor.

Because it was the only photo, the newspaper finally published the first-hand news.

"Don't I deserve a photo with my face?"

Manxia Long held up the xiaolongbao and cried out to the sky.

This day.

There's no way to pass!

……

……

When Gu Ming came to the set again, he could clearly feel that the martial artists and staff on the set looked at him differently.

Although there was still some distance between them, they had obviously begun to accept his presence.

Last night's heavy drinking and all the bragging really made them feel like they were one of us.

"Come to think of it, everyone else in Hong Kong acts so posh when they get there. Who would go to a food stall and drink with a martial artist? Besides, I'm a pretty good martial artist myself!"

Japanese martial arts is also a martial arts industry!

Gu Ming shook his head and said nothing more. He first asked for the script written today, quickly sketched a few strokes, and prepared to start filming.

The original plan was to shoot for a week, but now it seems that the progress is very fast, and it is estimated that it will not take a week, and he can leave tomorrow.

When Cheng Long arrived at the set, he was still the focus of the crowd. Gu Ming arranged for him to stand still while he started practicing martial arts.

There are no stand-ins here, it's all real acting.

Gu Ming gave some instructions, then, recalling a scene from "The Kung Fu Puppy," he simply took off his coat, leaped up, and hung upside down from a tree. "Why don't we do this?" Gu Ming hung upside down from the tree and did a few crunches, combining them with various body-slapping movements, his entire body flexing with muscle.

"Wow..."

There was a faint sound of surprise on the set.

This is quite impressive!
Crunches are not difficult, but hanging crunches are difficult!

Cheng Long estimated it and nodded vigorously.

He should be able to do it too.

Without turning on the camera for the moment, let's try out the movements. Cheng Long also hangs upside down and does crunches repeatedly.

After doing a few sit-ups, Cheng Long felt that the effect should be good.

Just looking at Gu Ming who had already fallen down next to him, Cheng Long couldn't help but smirk.

What a treasure.

He felt that he was already a person with excellent physical fitness. Few people on the set could do this kind of inverted crunch, but Gu Ming could actually do it faster than him.

"Could it be aliens?"

Cheng Long muttered twice, jumped, and landed on the treetop, waving his hand to indicate that there was no problem and they could start filming.

Without any assistance or stand-in, he relied entirely on his amazing physical fitness.

Gu Ming watched quietly from the side, thinking that this was a special feature of Hong Kong movies, that the entire process of practicing martial arts was filmed, and it was filmed very beautifully.

This is something that is not found in Japanese action movies.

It can be seen from the box office success of various Hong Kong films that this type of film actually has a market in Japan, but the reason why no one makes it is very simple.

Can’t take a picture!

"The Japanese are still lackluster in this area, so you really have to leave it to me."

Gu Ming clicked his tongue.

Seeing that Cheng Long had already performed several movements while hanging upside down and the camera had also made certain adjustments, the picture was complete.

In the blink of an eye, it was already evening. Today's action scenes were basically completed, with only some final details left.

For this play, Gu Ming didn't ask for much money, and he didn't even bring his crew. He just asked for a friendly price because this play was an exchange with Cheng Long.

He will be the martial arts director, and then Cheng Long will go there to act in his movie at a lower price.

After shooting in Hong Kong for a few days, Gu Ming feels that he has gained a lot.

Hong Kong's production team is very good at filming small plots and gags. The interactions between characters, the various funny little plots, and even the groping of female characters are all highlights. Cheng Long's films don't go to such extremes, but there are still many excellent small details.

When Gu Ming plans to go back, he will use it in the movie.

Let's learn from each other! There's no shame in that!
"It's time to get off work!!"

As the stagehands called, everyone left one after another. Cheng Long came over to Gu Ming and said, "Mr. Gu, do you have time tonight? How about going to see a movie?"

"Watch a movie? A Hong Kong movie?" Gu Ming asked, "What movie?"

"It's the movie my senior brother shot, 'The Miscellaneous Boy'!"

Cheng Long felt a little distressed when he mentioned this.

Originally, the filming of "The Young Master" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were not supposed to meet each other, but because he had lost time in Japan before, the filming of "The Young Master" was delayed a little this time, so that the two films met each other.

"Fighting Fists" will have another week to finish filming the drama, do some editing, and then release in theaters!

Although Cheng Long didn't say it, he seemed to respect his senior brother Sammo Hung very much.

However, when it comes to movie box office, they obviously don't want to lag behind.

Gu Ming pretended not to know and just smiled lightly: "Okay, I have never seen a Hong Kong movie in a Hong Kong cinema!"

(End of this chapter)