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Chapter 14 [The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber]

On the ring, Li Boda was dressed in black, black shirt, black pants and black shoes, except for a red belt on his head and short hair. Li Boda's image would not look abrupt at all, let alone in an ancient martial arts drama, even in a modern drama.

However, in "Feng Yun", Li Boda's appearance is not abrupt at all.

Because there are too many styles similar to Li Boda's.

If Li Boda was the only one in the whole play who looked like this, his look would certainly be particularly abrupt.

However, now in the whole play, most of the supporting characters have this style, which is very harmonious.

"Please!" Zhao Wenzhuo, who was standing opposite Li Boda, looked gentle and polite. He bowed with a gentle smile and said a word to Li Boda.

Compared with Zhao Wenzhuo's politeness, Li Boda seemed very forceful. Without saying a word, he had already taken a stance, a Tai Chi starting posture, and then took the initiative to attack Zhao Wenzhuo.

The reason for this is that the plot requires it. The plot needs Li Boda's performance to set off Nie Feng's character.

Snapped--

"Card!"

Just as Li Boda and Zhao Wenzhuo's hands and feet touched each other, the word "ka" was heard from the side.

Li Boda and Zhao Wenzhuo stopped, and the surrounding cameras, lights and other equipment began to move.

Half an hour later, the photography, lighting and other equipment were moved to their positions.

"Exon!"

Li Boda and Zhao Wenzhuo fought again.

Li Boda performed Tai Chi moves, while Zhao Wenzhuo was hanging on the wire and performing nimble flying kicks.

"Card!"

After two rounds of fighting, they stopped again and adjusted their camera, lighting, and other equipment.

Another half hour passed.

After the adjustment is completed——

"Exon!"

Just like that, a fight scene only lasts a few minutes in total, no, it may even be less than a minute in a TV series.

Li Boda and Zhao Wenzhuo filmed like this for a whole day.

That’s right, a one-minute fight scene took a whole day to shoot.

The time Li Boda and Zhao Wenzhuo spent fighting, or the time used for filming, was very short.

Most of the time is spent on moving and arranging cameras, lights and other equipment, which consumes a lot of time.

In other words, the amount of work required depends entirely on how many sets of switching shots or close-up shots there are in a fight scene.

Because every time you switch lenses, you need to stop and adjust the camera, lights and other equipment.

Every time there is a close-up shot, the camera, lighting and other equipment need to be adjusted.

In fact, the crews in Hong Kong prefer to shoot long shots when filming martial arts dramas.

The kind that shoots from beginning to end in one shot.

Why shoot like this?

Of course it’s to save trouble!
This way, there is no need to adjust the camera, lights and other messy equipment back and forth, which can save a lot of shooting time.

However, such long takes place extremely high demands on the actors and their martial arts skills, so most Hong Kong martial arts actors need to have real kung fu skills. Without real kung fu skills, the crew simply won't want you. The fight scene between Li Boda and Zhao Wenzhuo, which lasted less than a minute, took a whole day to shoot.

Although it feels like it's quite slow.

But in Li Boda's opinion, the shooting time of this scene was quite fast.

If this kind of shot were put into Jin Yong's dramas such as "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" produced by Zhang Jizhong, the shooting time would probably have to be doubled or even longer.

Because of Zhang Jizhong's Jin Yong dramas, he prefers frequent camera switching, close-ups, and blowers and the like.

This is also the case with other martial arts dramas, which can be completed in one or two months or two or three months, but with Zhang Jizhong, a drama takes six months or even longer to shoot.

"Li Boda, you are really talented. I tell you, you should think about it carefully. Also, if you want to go to Hong Kong to film, you can also contact me." Zhao Wenzhuo is really optimistic about Li Boda.

So Zhao Wenzhuo didn't mind showing some goodwill to Li Boda.

Of course, with Zhao Wenzhuo's abilities, he could probably help Li Boda find some minor roles, small supporting roles, but he didn't have the ability to do anything higher.

The main reason is that Zhao Wenzhuo is currently doing neither well nor badly in Hong Kong, otherwise he would not have come to the mainland to film the TV series "Feng Yun" this time.

"Okay, Brother Zhao, I will think about it carefully." Li Boda said to Zhao Wenzhuo with a grateful look on his face.

In this way, Li Boda quietly came to the crew of "Feng Yun" and then quietly left the crew of "Feng Yun". Except for Zhao Wenzhuo, almost no one knew of his existence.

As for what Zhao Wenzhuo said, going to a sports school, or going to Hong Kong to hang out.

Li Boda had considered these things, but in the end, he decided to put them aside for the time being.

Because there is a play coming up, Li Boda attaches great importance to it.

It is Jin Yong's drama "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Li Boda heard that "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" was about to be filmed and was auditioning some roles.

Perhaps it was because the first time the golden finger was triggered was because of a Jin Yong drama, so Li Boda seemed to have another kind of, um, emotion towards Jin Yong dramas?
Anyway, he attaches great importance to Jin Yong's dramas.

Whenever a Jin Yong drama is being filmed, he wants to get involved.

Not to mention, auditions are still underway for "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" this time, and he's wondering if he can snag a role, well, at least a more important role than the one in "Wind and Cloud".

……

"You said you played Yu Daying?" Director Lai Shuiqing looked at Li Boda with curiosity and interest.

"Yes, I played Zhang Sanfeng's third disciple Yu Daying." Li Boda nodded seriously.

"As far as I know, the role of Yu Daying in Wu Qihua's version of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber was not played by you. You don't look the same age, not to mention the other versions before. You weren't even grown up when those versions were filmed. So where were you filmed as Yu Daying?" Lai Shuiqing looked at Li Boda with interest, and a little scrutiny.

The reason why Lai Shuiqing came to audition for Li Boda was entirely because Li Boda wrote on his resume that he had played Yu Daying before. So when Li Boda came to audition again, Lai Shuiqing was a little interested. After all, if they used the actor from the previous version to reshoot the movie, they could let him play Yu Daying again.

However, Lai Shuiqing did not expect that Li Boda was so young. Obviously, Li Boda could not be the actor who played Yu Daying in other versions of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

"I didn't play Yu Daying in 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'. I played the role of Yu Daying, the disciple of Zhang Junbao, in 'Young Zhang Sanfeng' played by Stephen Chow," Li Boda explained.

"... [Young Zhang Sanfeng]." Lai Shuiqing was a little speechless. Of course, that was indeed Yu Daying, but the Yu Daying in [Young Zhang Sanfeng] and the Yu Daying in [The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber] were completely two different concepts.

"Okay? What role do you want to audition for? It can't be Yu Daying again, right?" Lai Shuiqing asked speechlessly.

"Director, I want to audition for the role of Song Qingshu."

"Good fellow, you didn't play Yu Daying, but directly changed to Song Qingshu. You're a generation behind me. But do you think you have any outstanding qualities that make you think you can play the role of Song Qingshu? You have always played minor supporting roles before, some insignificant parts." Lai Shuiqing flipped through Li Boda's resume, then looked up at Li Boda: "And the role of Song Qingshu is a very important role."

"I know Tai Chi, and I'm very good at it. I also know some other sword, palm, and knife techniques." Li Boda actively demonstrated his expertise.

(End of this chapter)