Because of Li Yapeng's unexpected injury, all of the crew's plans were completely thrown into chaos!
The chief director and Li Yapeng went to the hospital together, but the crew's work did not stop. The remaining two directors gathered the staff and randomly selected some footage that had not been filmed before, and got them busy working on it.
At this crucial moment, these people absolutely cannot be allowed to remain idle. Otherwise, news of Li Yapeng falling from the wire will spread rapidly and escalate quickly. Continuing production normally, on the other hand, will make people think it was just a simple accident and won't attract much attention. This kind of thing can't be kept secret, and what the directors can do now is minimize the impact on the crew.
Then, Liang Xinquan, the director who was temporarily entrusted with the important task, looked at the crew in a dilemma. Today was supposed to be a day for filming action scenes! It's not easy to adjust the wire rigging equipment, and if they disassemble it now to film dialogue scenes, most of their efforts would be wasted, and they still didn't know what the director wanted. If the director still wanted to film action scenes, they would have to put the equipment back up!
It would take at least two days to go back and forth. Two days wasted, and in this fast-paced film crew, money was at stake. Liang Xinquan couldn't afford to take that responsibility.
At this point, Liu Zifu made a decision! He made a phone call to ask!
If the director is unavailable, the producer must be available. This is Wong Jing's production team, so we should just listen to him!
Wong Jing's response was very shrewd: Filming will proceed as scheduled! The actors will continue with the wire work!
From the perspective of an ordinary bystander, immediately putting someone on wires after a problem occurs is extremely inhumane and shows a disregard for human life. The director who made this decision should be shackled and condemned by everyone! However, from the perspective of the producer and the crew, using wires is the best option.
This kind of thing might be hard to accept at first, but once you get busy, it actually helps to calm people down more quickly! This proves that the director has a lot of confidence in his equipment; what just happened was just a normal accident. The prerequisite is that your wire work absolutely doesn't malfunction again.
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Director Liang Xinquan had the wire stuntmen check the filming several times to make sure there were absolutely no problems before calling the actors and crew to continue filming.
The staff are fine, of course; they weren't tied up. But the actors value their lives. Li Yapeng just landed, and you're saying he's alright? You must be joking! The wires might actually be fine, but in this situation, absolutely no one wants to be the first to go in!
After discovering the actors' attitudes, director Liang Xinquan was in a real bind. He was just an assistant director following the director, and despite his closer relationship with the director, he actually had no experience in independently managing a film crew. Otherwise, Liu Zifu wouldn't be the one leading a crew on his own.
Liang Xinquan had no experience in handling such matters, and as an assistant director, he didn't have as much influence as he had imagined. To this day, he still didn't know how to coordinate well with those big-name actors. They had agreed to film as scheduled, but after communicating for a long time, they still couldn't reach an agreement.
Liang Xinquan's target was Huo Jianhua, because among the male stars with scenes today, Huo Jianhua was the most prominent, and he wanted to secure the top spot first. However, Huo Jianhua wouldn't talk to him at all, and just had his assistant keep making excuses, eventually becoming quite agitated.
Huo Jianhua sat silently to the side. Clearly, he was unwilling to take the lead or risk his own safety to prove the safety of the wire work. Even if Liang Xinquan spoke eloquently, it wouldn't matter if they checked it themselves.
Everyone understands the principle, but understanding and doing are two different things.
Niu Yichen noticed from afar that the atmosphere was slowly becoming tense, and with a flick of his eye, he decided to go over and take a look.
As soon as he moved, Gao Yuanyuan quickly grabbed him and said, "Are you out of your mind? Don't forget you're an actress too. Do you think you have the same airs as Wallace Huo? What if the director makes you do wire work after you go over there? Are you going to refuse?"
Niu Yichen said, "Why refuse? The point is to go there and solve the problem!"
After saying that, he walked over there.
"You're crazy!" Gao Yuanyuan stomped her foot and followed Niu Yichen past.
No sooner had Niu Yichen taken a few steps than Director Liu Zifu came to greet him.
After Liu Zifu nodded to Gao Yuanyuan, he asked Niu Yichen, "Why did you come here? Did you come to watch the fun?"
"Did something happen over here just now?" Niu Yichen asked instead of answering. "Yuanyuan and I were chatting over there when a wheel suddenly fell from the sky and almost hit someone!"
Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, speechless at Niu Yichen's obvious question, and subtly nudged him with a knife, saying, "Don't call me that so affectionately!"
"There's a problem with the wire work!" Liu Zifu replied casually, then added, "Do you still want to add more scenes?"
Niu Yichen said in surprise, "Of course I wanted to! But why are you asking me this question so readily?"
"Because the opportunity has come!" Liu Zifu clapped the script in his palm twice, pulled Niu Yichen aside, and whispered, "If you dare to go on the wire today, I'll definitely give you more scenes!"
"That's great! We've seen wire work before!"
"I've thought it through!" Liu Zifu laughed. "Do you know why this opportunity came? It's because Li Yapeng, who plays Duan Tianya, was just carried out in an ambulance after falling off the wire!"
Looking at Liu Zifu's face, Niu Yichen couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude. He asked, "Has the wire work been checked yet?"
Liu Zifu patted his chest and said, "Of course! I personally led the team to check, and I guarantee there will be no problem!" As a director, one doesn't have to be an expert in everything, but at least one should know a little about everything.
Niu Yichen nodded, "Okay! Let's get started!"
"OK!"
Liu Zifu patted Niu Yichen heavily on the shoulder, then waved to someone next to the crew, who immediately ran over.
Liu Zifu cut to the chase: "Take him to get his makeup done, make him look better!"
After saying that, Liu Zifu took his script and went to find Liang Xinquan, who was in a terrible predicament!
There will definitely be direct competition between directors; if you can't do it, I can! It's that simple!
Niu Yichen didn't know what Liu Zifu was thinking. He only knew one thing: his opportunity had come.
The person who took him away was the film crew's stylist. Just now, Liu Zifu and the screenwriter had finalized what scenes they would be filming for him.
It's the kind of action scene that Niu Yichen requested.
Even if it were filmed, it would have been difficult to release it, but Li Yapeng's fall and the resulting chaos on set actually gave Niu Yichen a much better chance.
Looking at the night-clothes the stylist picked up, Niu Yichen couldn't help but shake his head. "This night-clothes is too ordinary! It doesn't show off my dashing style at all!"
After Niu Yichen finished speaking, before the stylist could speak, he took out a bluish-white cloth armor from behind him, with a pattern similar to blue and white porcelain. Apart from being a bit flashy in appearance, it was perfect!
Niu Yichen put on the cloth armor, moved it around a couple of times, and said, "It's a bit tight, but it fits alright!"
"Are you sure you want to wear this?" the stylist said speechlessly. "This is a woman's outfit! It was originally for Shangguan Haitang, but it's just a little too big!"
"It's okay! I'll just wear the top!"
Niu Yichen removed the extra ornaments from his cloth armor and used a yellow ribbon as a belt to wear it. Only after tightening it did he realize that the upper chest part was just right -＿-||, but the waist part was too tight and not very comfortable, but overall it did not affect his movement.
Niu Yichen quickly tidied himself up and asked the stylist, "How is it? Am I handsome?"
"You're handsome, but we're filming covert operations, and this..."
Niu Yichen laughed and said, "I'm the emperor! Even if I'm going to leave the palace incognito, I have to look different from ordinary people! Even killing someone has to be cool!"
"You can say whatever you want!" The stylist took an ordinary headscarf, put it on him, and said, "Anyway, the director will be in charge later. If it doesn't work, you'll have to listen to me! Just change into your night clothes obediently."
"If it's not possible, I'll definitely listen to you!" Niu Yichen laughed. "As for the veil, give me a white or cyan one."
The stylist didn't listen to him. After looking at Niu Yichen wearing a headscarf, he hesitated for a moment and said, "The headscarf doesn't look good. I'll change your headgear to a wig instead!"
"A hood?"
"Yes! Something simple, just wait a moment! It'll be quick!"
After the stylist finished speaking, he asked Niu Yichen to take a headgear from the stool and carefully glued it on.
Although the stylist was brought in at the last minute, he couldn't help but get into his professional instincts when he saw Niu Yichen in that outfit, and wanted to fix him up and make him look his best!
Once the hair was styled, the image of Emperor Zhengde secretly committing murder and arson was revealed.
Like the clean and neat wig worn by Alec Su in the 2003 version, the upper body is a fitted outer armor similar to blue and white porcelain, the lower body is a pair of dark blue tight-fitting trousers, and the feet are covered with the same style of long boots!
The other shoes felt fine to wear, but the long boots were a bit uncomfortable because they were very tight on women's feet.
The stylist looked at Niu Yichen, who was fully dressed, and pondered for a long time while rubbing his chin.
Niu Yichen said, "What's there to worry about? It's just that no one wants to go on the wires today! I'll go up and hang there for a while, and maybe after a day I'll be done with it. It's even possible that I won't be in the final cut of the script!"
"That's the director's problem! I don't need to worry about it! Wait a minute!"
After the stylist finished speaking, he ran to the prop room and rummaged around for a while before taking out a white Peking Opera mask and giving it to him, saying, "Here! Try it on!"
"What's this?"
Niu Yichen took a look. The mask was exquisite and fit his facial features perfectly. It was predominantly white with red lines on the forehead and cinnabar on the lips. The expression on his face was a half-smile, giving it a mysterious feel.
The stylist said, "These are our previous design drafts that were rejected! They were originally intended for the main characters to wear, but the director and producer weren't satisfied, so they weren't used. However, I think you should be able to use them!"
"Alright!" Niu Yichen looked at the mask that perfectly embodied the term "pretty boy" and put it on, then asked, "Is this mask Liu Bei's?"
"No! His true form is Zhao Zilong!"
"No wonder you look like a pretty boy!" Niu Yichen flicked his clothes, mimicking a finger gesture from a Peking Opera character, and said, "If I put on this outfit, I'll be called Zhao Zilong!"
The stylist ignored his antics, pulled out a long sword from the side, tied it to Niu Yichen's back, and then stepped back a few paces to examine him carefully.
His neat hairstyle, the sword slung across his shoulder, the slightly exaggerated white mask, the blue-and-white porcelain-style cloth armor, and his perfectly proportioned physique—all these elements combined to create an image that can be summed up in two words: powerful and mysterious!
After thinking for a moment, the stylist removed the tassel from the sword hilt and said, "That's enough, come with me outside!"