Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 89: Fishing for Snapper with Shrimp
Gao Fengkeiji was naturally a little hesitant, but Gu Ming urged him again and again.

Helplessly, Gao Fengkeiji had no choice but to agree and punched Gu Ming as he did before.

Of course, he didn't dare to really hit him, so he held back on the punch.

Kagiwa was unable to speak, so Miwa Toshimichi spoke on his behalf: "So, what's going on?"

Gu Ming spread his hands and said, "Because we are filming, we can't really fight, so it's inevitable that there will be a feeling of lack of action. Of course, we can't use real fighting either, as that would be extremely harmful to the actors."

And Keiji Takamine couldn't cooperate with him in a real fight.

Unless it's like in "Flash Point", where several actors are martial artists and they really fight.

Gu Ming opened the flour bag, sprinkled the flour on himself, and reminded Gao Fengkeiji: "Hold your breath, and try again."

Keiji Takamine raised his hand and punched him hard.

In an instant, smoke and dust flew everywhere where the bullet hit. Gu Ming took a few steps back, holding his chest with his hands, looking as if he was in pain.

Keiji Gaofeng never expected that this was the reason why Gu Ming wanted him to hold his breath. He couldn't hold it back and inhaled a mouthful of flour. He suddenly started coughing violently and fell back and forth.

The people around him also started coughing.

"Well……"

Miwa Shunmichi frowned.

He still didn't understand what was going on, but it did look different from before.

Faintly, the conference room was buzzing with people talking non-stop.

Only Gu Ming himself knows what this is.

'Power powder' is a prop designed in Hong Kong films to increase the sense of impact.

Power powder itself is not a prop. It is a mixture of various materials on the basis of flour to create the effect of flying dust without damaging the visual sense.

Power powder has not been put into use yet. It will take about a year before Cheng Long will develop it and use it in filming.

It has to be said that Cheng Long put a lot of ingenuity into the filming of the work, such as one-on-many fighting, the ability to climb over walls and onto roofs, various ingenuity to enhance the sense of power, etc.

Sammo Hung has a very unethical fighting style, which readers who often read entertainment articles should know - when the martial artist is being pulled by the wire, he suddenly cuts the wire, and the martial artist will fall directly from the sky.

This will produce a very good beating effect.

As for the martial artist...

Sammo Hung doesn't care.

In fact, the martial artist himself doesn’t care, because he can get more money after falling.

That's their job.

At present, the shooting techniques of many action movies have taken shape, but are not yet perfected.

For example, a chair is tied with fishing line, and a toothpick is inserted in the middle; now there is only the chair tied with fishing line, and there is no step of inserting toothpicks.

The direct effect of inserting toothpicks and not inserting toothpicks is that one can only be used as a prop, while the other can be used for scene interaction.

Although it is just a small toothpick inserted into the broken end, such a simple thing will not be put into practical use until one or two years later.

Gu Ming continued, "While maintaining the original idea, we need to restore the true nature of the xia drama. It doesn't matter what happens in the first five episodes, but the finale must not end well for any of the main characters—there's no good ending for those who get involved in society. This is crucial."

"Then, we can create a different atmosphere in the action design and several key fights, a fighting style that is derived from swordplay films but is more suitable for the city."

Gu Ming isn't talking about Cheng Long-style fighting, but rather Zhen-style fighting, a short, flat, and fast style that integrates modern martial arts. Gu Ming doesn't expect current actors to achieve the level of Sha Po Lang, as untrained actors can't do it either. In fact, an overly flamboyant style isn't suitable for swordplay films.

As long as the ideas are right, the two fighting sides interact with each other, and they can break away from the past turn-based fighting style, that will be enough.

Gu Ming simply volunteered: "I am willing to contribute to this design, but I have only one request: if you want to shoot according to this plan, you must strictly follow my ideas."

Filming is filming, but Gu Mingyi didn't want to explain this stuff too profoundly. At least before he set up his agency, Gu Ming would not tell other people about it.

If it doesn't work, Gu Ming would rather pretend that he never said anything.

In the conference room, after a brief silence, the sound became louder.

"Excuse me, is this the right thing to do? To have the director team follow the instructions of an actor?"

"He's not a big shot, nor a famous actor. If you want to interfere too much..."

Gu Ming raised his eyes slightly.

Sure enough, the commercial areas are different from Wangu.

In Wangu, basically everyone would immediately act on an idea, and only then would they consider the identity of the person who made the suggestion.

"Okay, be quiet." Qujing Wei suddenly raised his hand.

"How do those killing array masters charge now?"

Miwa Toshimichi was still pondering when Hashimoto Yoji suddenly responded, "I heard from someone at Toei that a qualified shajinshi only costs tens of thousands of yen to direct a single film. However, if you have your own shajinshi team, the price will be higher because it's not just one person's price, but a team's. If it's a team of ten, then a single film will cost at least a million yen."

"If the master is a powerful and famous killing array master, then the price of guidance will be higher!"

Kagi Wei glanced at Miwa Shunmichi imperceptibly, with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Then let's make it one million yen." Kashii Wei made the final decision: "A-Ming, I can grant you one million yen. You can recruit people and make any preparations you want, as long as you ensure that this work can be maintained within the framework of a ryūga film!"

With a bang, Gu Ming saw a TBS staff member stand up out of the corner of his eye.

"Mr. Kagami, this isn't appropriate. A martial arts film doesn't need a formation master! It's a waste of money!"

But Qiu Jingwei didn't intend to listen.

"Alright, I've made up my mind, so let's do this. Dismiss the meeting! Tell the crew to start work tomorrow! Every day Toho's studio is idle costs money!"

After the meeting, Gu Ming followed a few steps and wanted to say something, but Qujing Wei just waved his hand casually.

"Some people just don't understand that as long as you have shrimp, you can catch snapper. I'm giving you shrimp now, and I hope you'll give me snapper in return."

Shrimp is the least valuable seafood, while sea bream is the king of fish.

If you can catch sea bream with dried shrimps, it can be said to be a very profitable business!
However, what Kagi Iwa paid was not just a small amount, but a solid one million yen.

Gu Ming might not be able to give him the sea bream in return.

In a play, action is certainly one of the factors, but it is not the decisive factor.

While maintaining the original elements of the xia film, improvements are made to the action.

Gu Ming was willing to give it a try, but even he himself was not sure whether the improvements would have the effect he envisioned.

But Qiu Jingwei had already walked further away, so Gu Ming could only bow towards him.

"Well, for the sake of the snapper, I'll do my best."

(End of this chapter)