Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 251: This is the big scene? It's so ordinary.
Looking at Cheng Long's fighting in the middle and late stages, there is a distinct feature.

For example, looking here and there, and doing repeated movements.

This is also the origin of the God of War in the furniture city.

In Jackie Chan's action movies, the characters are not simply motionless. They rarely fight in place. They often fight in various movements, using various props to create a humorous effect.

And the most important point.

In Jackie Chan's movies, he never shy away from seeing the protagonist getting beaten.

For example, in the classic movie Rumble in the Bronx, Jackie Chan was beaten unconscious by a gang of bikers.

This makes the movie, while full of exaggerated scenes, easy for people to relate to.

Now the Cheng Clan hasn't formed yet, and Cheng Long hasn't formed yet, so Gu Ming certainly won't be able to do such complicated fights, but some outlines can already be designed.

He quickly sketched out a few scenes and asked someone to put on the stickers.

"Well, we'll fight like this then, row after row. Chen Xinglong, use what you've learned to dodge among the local fences, trees, and plants. You can add some plot twists, like bending a tree trunk back and using the force to knock someone out. That's your specialty."

"You can even stop mid-fight. For example, several people pinned Chen Xinglong against a wall and beat him. Suddenly, Chen Xinglong yelled, 'Stop!' Everyone stopped, and then Chen Xinglong suddenly swept his leg, knocking down everyone around him, escaped, and continued the fight."

"In the previous scenes, we had to fight and move at the same time. We might fail a few times, but it doesn't matter... This is the main event, and we must do it well even if we fail a few times."

"The most important thing is the end."

Gu Ming looked at the few people who were specially selected.

These people were specially selected from the martial arts industry by him to play the roles of skinny and thin people, whose profession is Dai Qing's number one killer.

At that time, they would tie their braids, and the five of them would cooperate with each other in the sword formation, and beat Chen Xinglong so hard that he would suffer terribly.

If you can look them in the eye for five seconds, it means your cold-bloodedness index is very high. If you can look them in the eye for ten seconds, it means your cold-bloodedness index is off the charts.

Anyone who can hold back a smile in the face of five of Dai Qing’s top killers is a god.

Gu Mingde needs to give individual guidance to these five people, so let's start shooting the scene first and arrange Cheng Long to fight with these martial artists.

Everyone started working in an orderly manner, while Gu Ming took out the wooden sword as a prop and weighed it twice in his hand.

It feels very light. It is a pure wooden knife painted with silver paint. If you don’t look closely, you can hardly see it.

Gu Ming casually used a left and right attack and said, "When the time comes, you guys should cooperate like this. Since you are not very heavy, you should use the opponent's force to counter the opponent's force and coordinate your attacks like this."

Someone immediately raised their hands.

"This is unreasonable. Why would they fight like this?"

"It doesn't matter. Fighting scenes need to be good-looking, whether they're reasonable or not... You all come from martial arts backgrounds, so you should know better than me that those boxing techniques aren't as fancy as described in the boxing manuals. If you can master them and fight several people at once, you're considered talented."

Several people were silent, but they sighed in their hearts.

Hey!
This guy knows a lot!

All the martial artists had solid skills, so Gu Ming was not afraid that these people would not understand how to fight. He roughly explained the key points of the moves, and when he looked back, the fight was almost over.

Gu Ming occasionally stopped and discussed with Cheng Long about the movements to complete the creation of the biggest scene.

When the footage is edited, it will show the characteristics of an army marching, rather than the usual one-on-one combat.

After all, he is a lackey of the Qing court. He went out without a few subordinates and fought Chen Xinglong alone... That's too weak.

When Gu Ming was about to shoot again, a stagehand suddenly came over from outside the scene, ran up to Cheng Long, and said a few words in a low voice.

"Why is he here!"

Cheng Long was amazed.

Gu Ming asked, "Who's coming?"

"My senior brother, the one you've seen, is the fat one. He was the one who filmed the previous movie."

Gu Mingluan. Hong Jinbao.

It is true that they are brothers, but only God knows how deep their feelings are.

Looking up, it was indeed Sammo Hung walking over with a few familiar faces. He was smiling and hugged Jackie Chan with his bulging belly.

Gu Ming looked behind him and found that they were all old acquaintances.

Yuen Biao, who recently played the role of the miscellaneous boy, is now quite famous and is no ordinary actor.

Lin Zhengying has a stern face, is serious, and has thick eyebrows. At first glance, he looks like Ginger Adasi.

Although Sammo Hung was the first to make supernatural kung fu films, only Lam Ching-ying made good ones.

Apart from these, anyone else who plays that role isn't quite up to par.

Only when Lin Zhengying put on the Taoist robe, at first glance, he looked like a master of exorcising demons!
"Oh, what a pity..."

Gu Ming sighed.

I heard that Lin Zhengying could have gone to Hollywood. If he had gone, Hollywood would probably have developed decades earlier.

The idea of a priest performing exorcism needs to change. The priest holds a bottle of holy water in his left hand, makes the sign of the cross with his right hand, and recites the Bible while performing a ritual...

Hong Jinbao made a few polite remarks and turned his gaze to Gu Ming and the few people Gu Ming had arranged.

Naturally, there was no expression on his face, but he was sneering in his heart.

What?

I heard it was going to be a big scene, but this is what happened? Five people is a big scene? If he fights so many people, it will be a huge scene!

After a few pleasantries, Hong Jinbao replied, "I heard that your film is about to be completed. Work hard on it. Don't embarrass our fellow apprentices! When the time comes, I will definitely bring my brothers to show my support!"

Cheng Long also smiled.

"It would be great if you're willing to go! We're about to film this scene, would you like to take a look?"

"Forget about taking a look. I'm not interested in anything filmed by the Japanese. Next time there's such an opportunity, I'd better look for our own brothers. I have some capable people here too!"

He briefly introduced the two people behind him.

Two brothers, Yuen Biao and Lam Ching-ying.

Having said that, Sammo Hung did not actually leave, but stayed outside the scene and did not interfere with the filming.

Cheng Long called out and the crew started working again. Gu Ming arranged for the five swordsmen to enter the scene, preparing for the final fight scene where five of them would gang up on Cheng Long alone. In the end, Cheng Long ran and fought, defeating them one by one.

This scene was shot very quickly. Cheng Long already had experience in running and fighting, and the scene with five people was small and easy to mobilize, so it was arranged in a short time.

Hong Jinbao was watching outside and couldn't help yawning.

That's it, not much to say.

"We waited so long for nothing. Now it seems we were worrying too much. This situation is easy to handle, both inside and outside."

Sammo Hung looked at Lam Ching-ying.

Later, Uncle Jiu, who is still the martial arts director of the Hong Clan, sometimes also serves as a female stand-in - because Lin Zhengying is rather thin.

"Can you handle this kind of situation?"

Lin Zhengying thought for a while before giving a reply, being frugal with his words.

"Row."

"I think so. My junior brother must have been drugged and deceived. He still wants to defeat me in this situation? I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

Hong Jinbao shook his head and didn't care.

Just some weird and funny boxing moves, nothing special!
(End of this chapter)