I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 112, Actions He Designed Himself

"No need for a stunt double, okay."

Although Deng Yancheng had his doubts, Xu Xiaodong was the action director, and he had the final say.

Professionals should do professional things.

Xu Xiaodong is the most professional in terms of action in "The World's Number One".

"It's rare to see someone do their own action scenes these days."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jing said, "However, this young Li does have some basic skills, so if I had to say, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Should we find him a different co-star?"

Deng Yancheng continued to inquire, expressing his admiration for Li Yun's dedication in playing the entire game himself, and also asking if they should replace him.

After all, to ensure the quality of the action scenes in "The World's Finest", the stunt doubles used were "Dragon Tiger Martial Artists".

The Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Masters are a group of people who dare to fight and are eager to make a name for themselves. Their fighting style may not be as flashy as that of the stuntmen at the Shahai Martial Arts School, but they have an absolute advantage in terms of hard-hitting, bone-on-bone combat. In fact, the sound of bones colliding can be clearly heard during their fights.

These guys don't hold back when they hit someone. In the old days of Hong Kong, stuntmen earned extra money by working as bodyguards for the underworld, in addition to making action movies. They had a lot of martial ethics.

If we're going to change the fighters, we should bring in stunt doubles from Shichahai. Their fighting style is more visually appealing and more in line with modern aesthetics, unlike stuntmen who pursue a more realistic, visceral feel.

It's just that Deng Yancheng and his team of directors from Hong Kong prefer the visceral, hard-hitting feel of stuntmen.

"Let's use martial arts stuntmen from Shichahai instead. If they injure the actors, it will delay the schedule. As long as the fight scenes look good, nothing else matters." Wang Jing still felt that using martial arts stuntmen from Shichahai would be better.

I think it's unnecessary.

At this moment, Xu Xiaodong, the director of the action team, paused and then spoke.

"Actually, we can just ask the person involved, Eunuch Cao, about this matter."

"No need to switch, let a master fight me."

Li Yun's answer was naturally to use the Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Master.

Using Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Masters would be the best option.

The sense of power in Hong Kong action movies doesn't come from some trick; it comes from real, hard-hitting hand-to-hand combat. That realistic sense of impact has no shortcuts.

At this moment, the martial arts stuntman from Hong Kong, who was Guihai Yidao's stunt double, came to spar with Li Yun.

Since the parties involved have said so, Wang Jing and Deng Yancheng can't say anything, and the action director even supports it.

At most, we can only instruct the martial arts instructors to hold back and not to treat this Eunuch Cao like Cheng Shilong and Zhen Zidan's gang, because those guys are really good fighters.

"Be careful, I'll hold back."

At this moment, the martial arts master looked at Li Yun as effeminate and handsome, but couldn't discern any suppressive power in his punches and kicks.

Thinking that mainlanders were unsophisticated and had never seen the power of martial arts masters fighting, he decided to hold back as much as possible.

Even if the actors are asked to perform the fight scenes themselves, they are usually not allowed to use stuntmen.

It requires stuntmen to fight each other.

Either it's ordinary stuntmen fighting with actors, or it's stuntmen and actors themselves fighting in the same scene. Apart from a few truly skilled actors, no one else can withstand that.

"You be careful too."

At this moment, Li Yun smiled faintly.

"I will." The martial arts master got into position.

With the director's command, "Get off!"

"321."

"start."

It's too late to say.

The two sides began their fight scene, with Cao Zhengchun making the first move.

Punch after punch, palm after palm, several punches and palms were delivered in the blink of an eye.

This left the Hong Kong stuntman somewhat bewildered, and he hurriedly reacted, still holding a prop knife, by parrying the attack.

That's incredibly fast!

What a tricky angle!

When a fist hits a knife, the impact can even make his hand feel numb. What kind of power generation technique is that?

Wow, that's awesome!

The Heavenly Gang Boy Skill is a hard skill. Perhaps losing that thing would be beneficial to this extremely masculine hard skill. Without that thing, there is no weakness. Even the Iron-Blooded Marquis Zhu Wushi could not kill Cao Zhengchun, who could not find his weakness, which shows how hard the hard skill is.

His hand skills are also quite formidable; otherwise, how could he be worthy of such a powerful and masculine martial art?

Li Yun felt like he was now the invincible eunuch in the world, his skills following his instincts and fighting instincts.

Followed

Cao Zhengchun acted on his instincts and captured the spy who had trespassed into the palace.

This martial arts master, who was even armed with a knife, still struggled quite a bit when fighting Eunuch Cao.

The palm strike is powerful yet can be delivered from a tricky angle, appearing both masculine and skillful.

It seemed that Deng Yancheng and Wang Jing were evenly matched with this stuntman!

"He's really good at fighting," Deng Yancheng murmured, watching Li Yun's punches and kicks, which were quite powerful and skillful.

Everyone said Li Yun had a good foundation in action, but no one expected his action skills to be so good, and so perfectly coordinated.

"Your action choreography really suits the character perfectly," Wang Jing exclaimed, looking at Xu Xiaodong. "You're still got it."

The most difficult part of designing animations is ensuring they fit the character perfectly.

Xu Xiaodong's design.

The character's personality is a perfect match for Cao Zhengchun.

Just like Cheng Shilong and his comedy furniture store style. No one can replicate Cheng Shilong's style.

That's what makes it special.

However, at this moment, Xu Xiaodong said in a complicated way.

"I didn't design this set of movements."

Xu Xiaodong spoke up, much to the astonishment of Wang Jing and Deng Yancheng.

"He designed it entirely himself."

"Stop hitting! Stop hitting!"

at this time.

The stuntman from Hong Kong called a halt.

He really couldn't take it anymore.

This eunuch Cao in front of them was incredibly fierce, making the martial arts master, Longhu, tremble with fear.

The other party seemed genuinely intent on killing him, and his prop knife couldn't withstand that.

It has the feel of a killing technique. Every move is filled with murderous intent and cunning; it's the feeling of someone who has actually killed.

The ruthless and heartless Eunuch Cao showed no mercy.

At this moment, facing the pleas for mercy from the martial arts master, "Eunuch Cao" also stopped with great martial virtue and did not continue to beat the martial arts master unilaterally.

Seeing this scene, Xu Xiaodong quietly reminded Li Yun.

"Play it safe, this game is a draw, not a win for you."

"Um."

Don't hold back when you hit.

You're going to cripple this martial arts stuntman.

At this moment, Li Yun in front of him completely confirmed Cao Zhengchun's image as someone who held immense power and possessed unparalleled martial arts skills.

Li Yun's skill left Huo Jianhua stunned and envious.

So many beautiful fight scenes, and all done by himself without a stunt double, that's practically adding extra screen time.

Both dramatic and action scenes were added.

Cao Zhengchun, you shouldn't be a supporting character anymore, you should steal the spotlight and be the main character!

In fact, Wang Jing found himself somewhat unable to handle the role of Cao Zhengchun when he was casting the part. As an important supporting character, he seemed to be subtly overshadowing the main character in his portrayal.

In this ensemble drama, you, Duan Tianya, have been portrayed in more ways than some of the main characters.

But Li Yapeng was also on the verge of tears.

Of course, he was also shocked.

When did this kind of person emerge in my Beijing social circle?

"His literary and martial arts skills were all earned through his own efforts."

At this moment, Liu Songren paused and then spoke.

"But the martial arts are so impressive, it's truly admirable. These days, young people are honing their acting skills while also working on things beyond acting."

Only now has Liu Songren uttered the word "admiration".

At the beginning, I felt that I should suppress my own acting so that Li Yun could handle the role.

Later on, he became completely immersed in the role and even set his own pace.

Even now, stunt doubles are no longer used for action scenes.

They even stunned the stuntmen. They're all from Hong Kong, and they all know what kind of reputation stuntmen have in the industry—extremely dedicated, ruthless, both to their opponents and to themselves; broken bones and paralysis are commonplace.

To be able to stun these tough guys, it's not just about having good fighting skills.

In terms of action scenes, Li Yun stands out among the main characters, as he performed all of them himself while his opponents were all stunt doubles. As a result, all the frontal shots were given to Cao Zhengchun!

Huo Jianhua, who was initially somewhat jealous of Li Yun's acting skills, now felt a complex mix of admiration and respect.

Acting skills can be a talent.

Immersive acting is more likely to involve an element of luck—after all, if you can immerse yourself in the role, you become a god; if you can't, you become a ghost. You have a narrow range of roles, it's hard to get out of character, it's hard to get into character, and your mental state is unstable.

However, it is undeniable that when immersive acting is brought to the fore, the unparalleled immersion and convincing performance creates a truly remarkable effect. It is better than any method actor, and many classic roles are created by immersive actors.

This is beyond doubt.

Martial arts, needless to say, are something that requires years of hard work and gradual accumulation. There's no such thing as instant success. Li Yun's ability to acquire such skills must have come from unimaginable effort.

This time, the fight scenes have been expanded.

There wasn't much jealousy among the people; they were mostly impressed.

"I really can't be jealous of Mr. Cao. If it were me to fight him in real life," Guo Jinan pondered, seemingly still analyzing Eunuch Cao's fighting ability.

"How many rounds can they go at it?" Ye Xuan'er asked curiously. "Also, his surname isn't Cao, it's...it's Li again."

"Hmm, Mr. Li, if I were to fight him, he would beg me not to die within three moves."

"You really are something else." Ye Xuan'er, standing next to him, was amused by Guo Jin'an. No wonder Cheng Shifei acted so smoothly; that's just his personality.

The filming process went smoothly.

Many actors also wrapped up filming as the production progressed smoothly.

This included Cao Zhengchun, the chief eunuch of the Eastern Depot.

(End of this chapter)