Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 24 Observation and Learning

Lin Yuan rode in the car driven by Zhang Ziyu, traveling quickly through the streets of Hong Kong Island. Today's shooting location was in a bathing city.

The story of "Rush Hour 2" continues from the previous movie.

The plot is roughly as follows: The inspector played by Chen Long and the black detective played by Chris Tucker form a partnership.

The two came to Hong Kong Island for vacation together, but were involved in a bombing.

Zun Long plays the villain boss in the play, while Zhang Ziyu plays the villain boss's capable female thug.

What will be filmed in the bath city today is a fight scene where Chen Long and Chris Tucker team up to fight against gang members.

When Lin Yuan and Zhang Ziyu arrived at the filming location, the scene had already begun.

This was the first time that Lin Yuan watched Chen Long shoot an action scene up close. Naturally, he was extremely curious and paid close attention to observe and learn.

Although he had filmed some action scenes himself, he had never filmed this kind of group fight scene. If he could learn a little from Chen Long, he could avoid many detours.

Chen Long, who was wearing a bathrobe, was being beaten by a group of gang members who were also wearing bathrobes.

At the beginning, Chen Long was fighting with the gang members in a methodical manner.

But he was outnumbered and was soon kicked to a pile of chairs.

So, the furniture city war god mode is officially started!
He first used a chair in various ways to repel the enemies, and then used an iron trash can as a weapon to kick the enemies one by one.

Seeing that the situation was not good, more enemies surrounded and attacked.

Chen Long immediately did a series of parkour rolls among the sofa chairs, putting distance between the enemies and defeating them one by one.

The entire action scene is connected very smoothly and coherently, and the choreography is also humorous and interesting. It is the standard Chen Long style at first glance.

style?

Lin Yuan suddenly realized something, and an idea flashed through his mind, but he didn't have time to catch it.

He did not dwell on this point, but continued to observe the filming with an open mind, especially Chen Long's use of the lens, which gave Lin Yuan great inspiration.

Lin Yuan discovered that throughout the entire fight scene, Chen Long rarely used quick camera switching.

Instead, it makes more use of the arrangement of characters' appearances, which not only makes the fighting scenes more tense and exciting, but also makes the pictures more coherent.

For example, when Chen Long defeats an enemy on the left side of the screen, he will definitely arrange for another enemy to enter the screen from the right side in advance.

Make sure that as soon as one enemy is knocked back, another one follows immediately.

This ensures that the action continues and the characters are always in the fight, thus creating the excitement of the fighting scenes.

Perhaps this is the scene arrangement skills of the action master.

While Lin Yuan benefited greatly from it, he also had to admire it.

"Cut!"

Following the director's instructions, the filming of this action scene was completed perfectly.

Chen Long twisted his arm and walked out of the set.

He saw Lin Yuan and waved hello.

At this time, a member of the Chen family stopped him and said, "Brother, the gang members came again last night..."

"Let's talk about this later. I need to take care of something first." Chen Long interrupted him, walked to the cabinet, took out a document, and walked towards Lin Yuan.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Chen Long asked with a concerned smile.

"If I can't get a good rest in my eldest brother's mansion, then I won't be able to survive in my humble home?" Lin Yuan replied with a smile.

"That's good. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to get used to living here. By the way, this is the agreement for this cooperation. Please take a look and see if there is anything wrong." Chen Long handed over the document in his hand.

"Bang!"

Lin Yuan took the document and was about to open it to check when the floor-to-ceiling glass door next to him was smashed to pieces.

A group of gang members wearing black suits and holding steel pipes and machetes rushed into the filming site and surrounded the crew.

Lin Yuan made a rough count and found that there were at least seventy or eighty gang members. Several leading members had bulges on their waists, and they were suspected of carrying guns.

What's happening here?
The gang members in black suits separated from each other, and an old man in Tang suit came out.

"Master Tang San, what brings you here?" Chen Long's expression turned grim. "Some people, the more successful they become, the more stingy they become. I can't stand by and watch someone break the rules!" said the old man known as Master Tang San.

"I brought the crew to Hong Kong Island to shoot a movie to promote Hong Kong Island and Chinese culture to the world. I don't owe you anything, and I won't give you a penny of protection money."

Chen Long has always been against these gang members. He had also experienced the situation where his film reels were stolen and the location crews were constantly harassed.

But he didn't give in back then, so he won't give in today.

"Then what else is there to say? It seems that you won't change your mind unless I teach you a lesson." said Mr. Tang San.

"I'm warning you not to mess around and create negative international public opinion. You'll have to pay the price!"

"Don't worry, I won't touch those foreigners. But that pretty girl will be in trouble."

Master Tang San pointed at Zhang Ziyu and said, "Take her back and play with her. Send her back when you pay her."

"Don't go too far!"

Just as Chen Long was about to step forward, he was stopped by five or six gang members.

Looking at the machete flashing with cold light, he didn't know what to do for a moment.

Although he often fights alone against many enemies in movies, it does not mean that in reality, he can really fight against several enemies armed with sharp blades. That would be simply seeking death.

Although there are nearly twenty members of the Chen family in the crew, they are all unarmed. How can they fight against gang members who are at least three times their number and are armed with weapons?

"What are you doing? Let me go!" A big man held Zhang Ziyu hostage and dragged her out.

This was the first time Zhang Ziyu had encountered such a thing. She was completely unprepared and frightened to the point of paleness, tears streaming down her face.

"Brother, please save me, don't let them take me away."

"Let her go!"

Just as Chen Long was about to rush forward, he was immediately forced back by the machete, and his face turned ashen.

The entire crew was intimidated and dared not speak out.

"Crack!"

Just as Zhang Ziyu was about to be dragged out of the door, a wooden stick suddenly swept across and hit the big man's wrist hard, causing a crisp sound of fracture.

Zhang Ziyu raised her tearful eyes and was surprised to find Lin Yuan standing in front of her, holding a wooden stick pulled out from a broom.

She was stunned for a moment, then immediately pushed Lin Yuan out the door.

"Brother, don't worry about me. There are so many of them, just run away!"

But Lin Yuan seemed to be nailed to the floor, and she pushed him hard several times but to no avail.

Lin Yuan noticed that even when she was in danger, the first thing she thought about was his safety.

It's worth it to stand up for her today.

Lin Yuan pulled her behind him and pushed her back into the middle of the crew before saying, "It's okay, I'm here. No one can hurt you."

In fact, Lin Yuan did not expect that something like this would happen today.

With Chen Long's fame and status, who abroad would dare to treat him like this?

But it actually happened in Hong Kong Island, in his hometown.

Maybe this is human nature. You have made your fortune here, and people have seen your humbleness before you became successful, so they naturally think that you are not that great.

If you know too much about someone, you will lose your halo.

This matter originally had nothing to do with Lin Yuan, but since it implicated Zhang Ziyu, he had to take care of it.

He was seen standing alone with a wooden stick in his hand, fearlessly standing in front of a group of thugs in black suits.

"The local gangs are so rude."

"You may not listen to what I say now, but you will listen carefully in a while."

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