Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 173 If it doesn't work, let Yang Zhigang be the stand-in.
Meanwhile, Qi Hui also received a screenshot of the class group chat sent by Jing Tian.

Looking at those messages, Qi Hui couldn't help but twitch his lips. Li Yiling... she's a little green tea b*tch!

"Attention everyone!" a bald, burly man shouted through a megaphone.
"Everyone, come and line up. Our opening ceremony is about to begin."

This is Zhang Guoqing, the director of the TV series "Fire Blue Blade". Judging from his name, he is not young.

That's actually the case. Like the Noon Sunshine trio, this person was also a photographer who turned director.

When he was a photographer, he mainly worked under Feng Xiaoning.

That's the director who made "Hands Up".

Zhang Guoqing was also the cinematographer for both "Raise Your Hands" films.

Coincidentally, Pan Changjiang starred in "Raise Your Hands," while his daughter Pan Yang starred in "Fire Blue Blade."

Upon hearing his words, photographers, art directors, makeup artists, prop masters... all swarmed over.

On the contrary, Qi Hui and the other new actors were somewhat stunned.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that several burly men from the props team were carrying a large table.

"Attention, everyone!" Qi Hui shouted, and the actors stood at attention, quickly adjusting their formation into two neat columns.

On the large table, a red cloth was laid out, and an incense burner was placed; the offerings were arranged in a very solemn manner.

The legendary opening ceremony.

Qi Hui and the others watched this scene. Qi Hui had acted in quite a few films, but this was the first time he had ever seen anything like it.

The directors I've worked with before either didn't like doing these things, or they had already done them when they joined the crew.

For example, Director Lin and Liu Meng don't like doing these things.

When filming "Lurking", Qi Hui missed the start of filming, while Jiang Wei may have already finished it.

The predecessor of the film and television industry was the opera industry, which is the profession of performing opera.

In the old society, operas often mentioned various historical figures, and people would burn incense and worship gods to show their respect.

Over time, this ritual was preserved.

Later it got even more outrageous, with regulations governing the location, time of day, and even the birth dates of the participants.

Of course, there are also people who don't like doing these things.

For example, Liu Meng and Director Lin, whom I just mentioned, and oh, and Guo Fan.

Soon, everything was in place.

The large table was set with statues of gods, offerings, incense burners, and other items.

A large red candle was burning on it, and next to it was a video camera covered with a red cloth.

After a while, everyone will offer incense in turn, and then the director will remove the red cloth covering the camera.

Once the red cloth is unveiled, the ceremony is over.

However, unlike others, Director Zhang worshipped not Guan Yu, but Mazu.

Ah... worshipping Mazu before going to sea is quite reasonable.

I just don't know what Mazu, the goddess Liu Tao played in the movie, was worshipping.

Could it be Mazu?

Isn't that a bit inappropriate?

Are you suggesting we worship Guan Yu?
That's even more inappropriate!
After the director and several assistant directors finished, it was Qi Hui's turn to lead the cast.

Guo Jingyu glanced at Qi Hui, his gaze still showing some dissatisfaction.

Qi Hui leading the team is no match for his younger brother Yang Zhigang leading the team.

Not long after the incense offering ended, Director Zhang stood in front of the camera and ripped the red cloth off the camera:

"I hereby announce that filming for 'Fire Blue Blade' has officially begun!"

Bang bang bang——!
Applause, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, slowly echoed within the old naval barracks.

……

"Fire Blue Blade, Scene 1, Shot 1, Action!" Guo Jingyu shouted through a megaphone in the naval barracks.

The photographers are in position, and all departments are in position.

But actress Liu Siyan remained seated.

The scene was very simple: cutting hair.

She had long hair in the morning, but was asked to cut it short.

Now, screenwriter Feng Ji and director are asking her to cut it even shorter. How shorter?

It's so short it's practically a buzz cut!

And you have to cut it yourself, and you have to cry while you're cutting it.

This is very stressful and cruel for an actress.

Off-screen, the male actors watched with grimaces.

"My God... so ruthless?" Bai Wei, who plays the ruthless Xiang Yu, couldn't help but mutter.

"A show of force," said Fan Haolun, who plays Zhao Ziwu. "I guess we'll have to do something like that tomorrow too."

The director was very kind today, letting the actors who had just come out of the military camp rest and not assigning them any filming tasks.

They even thoughtfully let them live in their own dormitories and pack their personal belongings.

As actors, they still have privacy; the production crew provides each actor with a private room.

As the male lead, Qi Hui is entitled to a single room.

Of course, Zhang Ruoyun is the same; he's the second male lead, so he can also have a role.

In fact, all three male leads received this treatment.

The other actors weren't as good, but they weren't bad either.

However, the notice has already been issued that tomorrow's filming will consist entirely of scenes depicting animal training.

Needless to say, there will definitely be scenes involving carrying logs tomorrow.

……

the next day.

Unexpectedly, the scene being filmed wasn't a training scene; it was changed at the last minute.

They said the approval process was complete, and then they switched to filming the rescue scene.

It's the scene where Shen Ge is trapped underwater, the Marines try to resuscitate her multiple times but fail, and then Qi Hui appears and performs artificial respiration underwater for five minutes.

It was a bit surprising, but it was alright.

This scene doesn't focus on one person; everyone has lines, so it's not strenuous.

However, Qi Hui and Wang Qiang have quite a few lines.

Off-set, Qi Hui, Zhang Ruoyun, He Ziming, and Yang Zhigang, who plays Balang, are all going into the water and are doing warm-up exercises.

Apart from Qi Hui, all three of them had drowned during training some time ago, even Yang Zhigang, who is a very good swimmer.

Therefore, Qi Hui and the others took the warm-up exercises extremely seriously.

Guo Jingyu slowly walked over, looked at the group, glanced at Qi Hui's bowl cut, and couldn't help but sneer.

Everyone else had buzz cuts and bald heads, but Qi Hui had a little more hair on his head, making it look like a bowl cut.

This was done intentionally by the director and the makeup artist to make him look ugly.

Otherwise, if he's so handsome right from the start, how will we be able to film the rest of the movie?
"Qi Hui, are you sure you can do it?" Guo Jingyu asked immediately. "This is diving, not swimming. Don't push yourself."

As soon as these words were spoken, a large number of people turned their attention to Guo Jingyu, the executive director, and Qi Hui with curiosity.

These words sound like concern, but the tone is a bit off; they're full of sarcasm and mockery.

It's more like they're enjoying the spectacle and don't mind making things worse.

Why... would the executive director have such an attitude towards Qi Hui?

Faced with Guo Jingyu's words, Qi Hui stroked his chin, pondering in his heart, but smiled faintly and said, "No need for you to trouble yourself."

He certainly knows how to dive; Wang Hong taught him. There are also corresponding breath-holding techniques in armed swimming skills.

Besides, he wasn't really going to hold his breath for eighteen minutes to save someone.

This is acting, not real.

Qi Hui was considering whether artificial respiration was really necessary.
No way! That little green tea bitch Li Yiling will definitely go and show off in front of Jing Tian. That's absolutely unacceptable.

Therefore, we need to find a stand-in!

At this point, Guo Jingyu continued, "If all else fails, I'll help you revise the script."

"Or, you could have Yang Zhigang act as your stunt double."

Good things should naturally be shared with my younger brother!

Upon hearing this, Qi Hui raised an eyebrow.

(End of this chapter)