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Chapter 374 Old Guo Takes Flight, Accidentally Injuring Wu Jing

Are you talking about suspenseful works?

"Correct."

“The novel… it should be a movie…” Wang Ling pondered for a while, then slowly said, “I’m starting to get a feel for it.”

"It's not a novel, it's a movie called 'The Bachelor's Trap'."

"The story of this movie is similar to what you described: a couple gets married, the woman mysteriously disappears, and then another woman appears, claiming to be the man's wife."

Speaking of which, she has a pretty deep impression of this movie.

She was sent to study at the Moscow State Film Institute on a government scholarship, and that was her first winter in Moscow.

She was from Shanghai, a true southerner, and this was the first time she had experienced such a bitterly cold winter; it was truly terrifying.

The movie was released the week before Christmas. She had no classes that day, so she went to see it with some classmates.

Although this movie is a suspense film, it's also a comedy. With Christmas approaching, watching this kind of movie is quite interesting.

Then... a week later, while they were celebrating Christmas, they watched as the red flag fell to the ground and the Soviet Union became history.

The impact on her at that time was undoubtedly enormous.

This powerful nation that forced China to launch the Third Front construction and mobilized the entire Chinese population to fight, just like that, it's gone.
"The Trap for Bachelors..." Upon hearing this, Qi Hui immediately took out his phone and began searching.

Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the plot is similar in structure to "The Vanished She".

However, this movie is a suspenseful comedy, while "The Vanished" is a purely suspenseful film.

……

Having found the clues, Qi Hui quickly went back and watched the original movie, writing and revising the script as he went.

Writing a script isn't difficult; it's relatively easy. But filming "Brotherhood of Blades" was anything but easy.

Now that all the actors are here, Lu Yang has intensified his efforts, and everyone is engaged in martial arts combat.

Sometimes, we would be filming action scenes for several days in a row, fighting from day to night, and from night to dawn.

Qi Hui is alright; he exercises regularly and has good physical strength, so he can withstand it.

But Old Ling was in a bad situation. His stamina couldn't keep up with Qi Hui and Xiao Zhang, and the goose-wing knife in his hand was long, big, and heavy.

After filming a scene, he was so exhausted that he couldn't even lift a knife.

Exhaustion is one issue, but frequent injuries are another.

Not only Lao Ling, but Qi Hui, Xiao Zhang, and Zhao Wenzhuo have all been injured once.

Qi Hui, in particular, had the most action scenes and was injured the most. He was often bleeding, whether from injured fingers or arms or from a head injury.

Jing Tian felt a pang of heartache watching this, and was so angry that she wanted to run to the film set and beat up Lu Yang.

Is this how you treat your senior brother?

Qi Hui quickly stopped him, saying that when filming action scenes, injuries are inevitable.

Jing Tian doesn't think so. Why didn't she see this when filming "Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon"?

Helpless, Qi Hui quickly explained to Jing Tian that Tsui Hark's martial arts style was elegant and agile, emphasizing visual appeal rather than adhering to the laws of physics.

They wield swords from a distance, or rely on wires or something.

Xu Ke's action scenes are the kind that would make Lord Niu so angry he'd flip his coffin lid open.

But Lu Yang's style is different. Lu Yang's action scenes emphasize realism. Sometimes he doesn't even use wires. The two of them just stand on the ground, swinging knives and slashing.

In this situation, injury is quite normal.

Hearing Qi Hui say that, Jing Tian became even angrier. Why did Lu Yang have to be so truthful? Wasn't it all his fault?
Qi Hui was speechless for a moment, and could only say that Tian Tian was right!

Filming for "Brotherhood of Blades" is progressing day by day, while on the other hand, Guo Fan's "My Old Classmate" has already finished its run in theaters.

The total box office was over 690 million, just short of 700 million.

It's a bit of a pity, but you have to know that the film's budget was only 40 million.

Following "Love is Not Blind," Guo Fan has once again created a miracle by leveraging a low budget to achieve high box office returns.

This has reignited the industry's enthusiasm for youth romance films, with various youth romance films being produced one after another.

Similarly, numerous invitations poured into Guo Fan's hands like snowflakes.

But Guo Fanquan refused; he wanted to make science fiction films, not these youth romance films.

He immediately closed his doors to visitors and began researching science fiction films.

Now that he has money and fame, he's even more confident in making science fiction movies. Meanwhile...

Looking at the box office figures, Wang Jinghua felt a pang of heartache.

When this movie was looking for investors, they came to her. Guo Fan and people from China Film Group came together.

However, she refused.
She did invest in Guo Fan's films; she even invested in the film "The Adventures of Li Xianji".

And the result? It flopped!

They won an award in South Korea, bought overseas copyrights, and recouped some of their investment.

Under these circumstances, she certainly wouldn't vote for Guo Fan a second time.

But who could have imagined that Guo Fan would take off again!

"How could this happen?" Wang Jinghua muttered to herself, "I fall flat when I throw, but take off when I don't?"

This unscientific!

There are good aspects, and of course, there are bad ones as well.

Seeing the craze for youth romance films, several investors in "Wolf Warrior" are considering withdrawing their funding.

Isn't it much better to use funds to make youth romance films than war or military films?
Wu Jing felt a sharp pain in his trigeminal nerve. What was going on?

How did this affect me, Lao Guo?

Wu Jing, who was busy preparing for the film crew, could only quickly reassure the investors and tell those who were hesitant that Guo Fan had participated in the creation of his film script.

Just then, Lao Guo called Wu Jing, intending to show off to him.

This was exactly what Wu Jing wanted. He pulled Lao Guo aside and chatted for a while, eventually bringing up the script.

Seeing this, the investors abandoned their idea of ​​withdrawing their investment.

Although the matter was resolved, Wu Jing felt like crying; he felt rather miserable.

Having worked in the industry for so many years, he's not as useful as a newcomer like Lao Guo.

Outrageous!

Will Wolf Warrior be a success?
Can it really succeed?

……

Second floor of the Education and Visitation Division, film set, corridor
The director of photography and several people are setting up the camera tracks, which will be used for the upcoming shoot.

In this scene, Qi Hui's character, Shen Lian, has two fight scenes: one is a battle with four hammer and shield soldiers, and the other is a battle with the villain Zhao Jingzhong.

"Senior brother, be a little more careful later," Lu Yang called out.

In previous drills, Qi Hui's swordsmanship was incredibly swift, and he was always able to easily hold his own against Zhao Wenzhuo, who was wielding a long spear.

A short sword against a long spear should have resulted in a complete defeat, but Qi Hui managed to hold his own.

They were even quite adept at it.

It's only because Zhao Wenzhuo is a professional that he was able to defeat Qi Hui single-handedly.

In a short scene, Shen Lian first fights with four hammer and shield soldiers and is injured.

Then he faced Zhao Jingzhong, who was at full strength and wielding a long spear.

Shen Lian should have been beaten and utterly humiliated the entire time, rather than fighting back and forth with Zhao Jingzhong.

"Teacher Qi, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Wenzhuo nodded and said.

He had sparred with Qi Hui many times and knew very well how fierce Qi Hui's swordsmanship was.

Youth has its advantages; he was already quite old, while Qi Hui was at the age where he was full of energy.

During practice, he really couldn't keep up with Qi Hui's speed.

Physical strength is one aspect, but there's another:
Qi Hui seemed to be very skilled with marksmanship, and could always predict the moves and direction of his spear strikes.

In this situation, Qi Hui was always a fraction faster than him.

If he hadn't been holding a long spear, he wouldn't have dared to say he could have fought Qi Hui to a standstill.

"I wonder how he is empty-handed..." Zhao Wenzhuo muttered to himself.

His specialty is actually Tongbei Quan (a style of Chinese martial arts).

"Hehe..." Upon hearing Zhao Wenzhuo's words, Qi Hui smiled weakly, casually unscrewed the thermos, and took a sip of goji berry tea.

(End of this chapter)