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Chapter 1105: Preparations(1/2)

The famous director Mr. Xie Jin once said that actors are divided into three stages: the first is the tone, the second is personality, and the third is charm. The tone is capable of performing any role, the second is the personality of that character, and the third is to exert personal charm from the role. The last stage is the highest level, which is not easy for actors to achieve, but Zhou Runfa can do it.

Mr. Xie’s comment is the highest praise for Brother Fa.

All the strong male second-ranking actors, even the top actors, whether Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, Leslie Cheung or Aaron Kwok, will become younger brothers in front of him in gunfight movies.

Most criminal movies use unique criminal events as the theme, using characters to create dramatic conflicts, thereby contrasting the core of "people-oriented" related to human nature and feelings under special themes.

"Wushuang" has a strong Hong Kong-style movie flavor, and many of the pictures are tributes to Chow Yun-fat's past characters. The painter sat on a pile of counterfeit coins and lit the cigarette in his mouth with the hundred dollar bills in his hand. This is a classic image of Little Ma Ge.

At the beginning of the video, the police said when analyzing the counterfeit banknote group that no one knows what the painter looks like. The only thing left is the back taken by the surveillance video. In "God of Gambling 2", the character Wu Qianlian plays is crazy about Gambling God, but she never knows how the Gambling God looks. She tried her best to get only one photo, which contained the back of Gambling God.

There must be a reason why this movie is to be cooperated with by film and television companies in Hong Kong;

If you go to Hong Kong to make a movie, if you don’t have a strong local partner, you won’t know what will happen. Personal safety is definitely fine, but it is also disgusting to cause you some small trouble every day.

In the mainland, you should find someone who can hold on to Chow Yun-fat but who can hold on. Either the age is not suitable or the aura of "Wu Shuang". You can't ask Emperor Baoguo to play Li Wen, right?

Those who are of the right age and have masters of Kung Fu can only get a palm.

On the third day after receiving the official script, Brother Fa couldn't wait to fly to Yanjing and chatted with Lao Meng in the office for a long time.

He told Meng Qingzhou that he saw himself in the script of "Wushuang" and was surprised that Meng Qingzhou wrote such a script with a very Hong Kong flavor.

I have heard a lot of comments about Fa Ge, but I was not as shocked as when facing him in real life. I have been a double week and I am worthy of being a representative figure of Hong Kong movies.

For the specific shooting time, Meng Qingzhou estimated that it will be in late April, because at the beginning of the project, various investors determined that the movie will be released in the Spring Festival period, so it must be started at the end of April at the latest, otherwise it may not be able to catch up with the Spring Festival period.

It depends on whether Mr. Wu Gang is interested in the role of Uncle Xin. The original version of Wushuang is played by Uncle Xin, an old Hong Kong actor Liao Qizhi. It is greasy and not refined enough, so it makes Uncle Xin too cowardly.

Duan Yihong has been an experiential actor since his debut.

When he filmed "The Reality of a Criminal Police", he practiced the action of pulling out a gun thousands of times.

When filming "The Detonator", he really went to live a miner's life for several months.

Some people describe Duan Yihong as a tough guy, a virgin heart, and he always has a charm of being indifferent, which is somewhat similar to Li Wen in "Wu Shuang".

"Director Meng, is this Mr. Wu Gang, who plays Secretary Dakang?"

At the script study meeting, Brother Fa met Wu Gang for the first time and was very happy to invite Lao Wu to sit together, giving Meng Qingzhou the feeling that fans would see their idols;

Duan Yihong took the script and discussed it in a low voice with Wu Jing. Seeing Meng Qingzhou analyzing the role of Zhou Runfa, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he took on the play;

It was still at Ning Hao's house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xing Na bringing all the wine and food on the table. However, Lao Meng stuffed a script to him and said, "Drink after reading it!"

The script of a movie is not much word count, and Yihong finished reading it in about half an hour.

"Excellent, what is the mind of the screenwriter of this script?"

"Old Duan, don't do this. Everyone is friends. If you praise me like this, wouldn't you force me to raise your salary?"

Duan Yihong really didn’t know that the script was written by Meng Qingzhou;

The narrative model of "Wushuang" adopts a combination of flashbacks and flashbacks. This narrative method is actually very illogical to use in the movie. First, the audience can directly witness the ending of the film, which is very unfavorable for movies with suspense elements.

As an acting school, Duan Yihong is a must-have for analyzing scripts. A script like "Wushuang" is easy to write but not easy to write. The best writing is that the screenwriter can write the ending first and then reverse it step by step. The difficult writing is that the truth pointed to after the reversal is inevitable that the facts in the narrative in the first half will not be able to be matched one by one.

He gave Meng Qingzhou a thumbs up at that time: "Awesome, Lao Meng, your script is really awesome!"

"How is it, Lao Duan, are you interested in getting angry with Zhou Run?"

"Li asked?"

"Otherwise, do you still want to play a painter? Do you light a cigarette with money? Do you hold a gun in both hands and kill everyone?"

Reba and Xiaogu also came, and the excuse for Meng Qingzhou was to learn from the masters;

The girl watched the script of "Wu Shuang" several times, but there was really nothing suitable for her. After all, the actor who was the one who was Xu Wenqiang and Xiao Ma, that female artist didn't want to act with Brother Fa.

"Sister Xiaogu, do you want to perform soft articles?"

"I definitely want to act and play Chow Yun-fat! Alas, I have to take care of Yaoyao, and I don't have much confidence!"

Zhao Xiaogu has not studied professionally, and her interpretation method is to apply it to the role itself. However, movies are not TV series, and the script is only a few pages, leaving the actors with much greater space than TV. At this time, it depends on the actors' own spirituality and performance skills, so she has no confidence to fight for this role.

Seeing that everyone was here, Meng Qingzhou and Zhuang Wenqiang asked everyone to sit down. The staff distributed the biography and complete scripts prepared by the screenwriter's department one by one according to the roles in the movie;

"Everyone must have read the script. The biography of the characters you have in your hands was written by the company's screenwriter's department according to their understanding. I will declare it, it is only for reference, it is not necessary!"

They are all experienced veterans, only Chen Yuqi and Xiaoximing, who stayed by Lao Wan with caution;

"Director Meng, ask me something. Will your screenwriter department give the actor a biography of the character every time you have a new drama?"

Wu Gang held a thin manuscript in his hand, looked at it for a few minutes, and looked up and asked Meng Qingzhou. He was indeed a little curious. It was not the first time he had worked with Meng Qingzhou. He thought it was accidental when he got the biography of the characters. Now it seems that it might be a regular operation of Wan Chongshan;

"Well, every time, this is a habit I have since made the first movie, because sometimes as a director, my understanding may be different from your actors, but I can't get who is right or wrong, so I made a biography in advance. Let's communicate more before starting the filming to take care of the emergencies!"

What the director likes the most is that it is not short of money, and some people say that the actors have a full acting skills online. These statements are fine, but in Lao Meng's opinion, there is no doubt that all the main creators have the same understanding of their respective roles and the story of the entire play;

The purpose of the script reading meeting is to this goal;

After the three consecutive days of script reading, Lao Meng informed everyone to start the filming in Hong Kong in a week, and the time for joining the group was March 18;

On March 20, the opening ceremony of the movie "Wushuang" was held in the Former Yuen Long Water Filter Plant in Fuheng Village, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. Following the standard configuration of Hong Kong dramas, Meng Qingzhou also held such a opening ceremony to return to tradition.

Li Wen assisted Wu Fusheng in making counterfeit banknotes, and the scene of making counterfeit banknotes was filmed at the former Yuen Long Water Filter Plant. This is a wasteful water filter plant for a long time. Some movie scenes will be selected here, so they have never been demolished.

In the first scene, Meng Qingzhou chose the fake money team to discuss the real and fake paintings. The painter found inspiration and solved the watermark.

Wu Gang, who played Uncle Xin, saw the painter and Li Wen come in,

"I'll finish this bet first."

"Also bet? I'll buy a thousand, really!"

Li Wen (Duan Yihong) turned his head and glanced at several companions, put down the food in his hands, and did not participate.

Gu Xiang

"What kind of business he does, a thousand, fake!"

Hua Nu (Jing Chen): "I saw the authentic picture of this spine painting last year in a Hong Kong manufacturer's office."

Jing Chen still speaks too fast, so he should be more comfortable, maybe he is a little nervous.

"I bought five thousand, fake!"

Uncle Xin (Wu Gang) had a blank expression on his face, lowered his head, and his tone was a little lazy.

"I also took a photo in Taiwan three months ago, and it was sold for 800,000 yuan."

He glanced at the Chinese lady with a slight mocking tone.

"Do you think that one is real or fake?"

The pillars of the People's Art Theater are really not a fan of. With this expression, tone, and even eyebrows are plays, Meng Qingzhou was very satisfied with watching it.

Wan Qian, who was watching from the side, nodded frequently.

Uncle Xin looked at Li Wen who was looking at him, and waved to him.

“We usually…”

"Everyone likes to solve some artistic problems."

Wu Gang used his body language very neatly, one shrugged his shoulders and the other curled his lips, and he was relaxed and relaxed. This was probably just a lightweight lifting.

Li Wen walked towards the table with a painting in a little restrained manner, and glanced at his friends. Old Duan's interpretation was quite good, nervous but not timid.

"twenty!"

At this time, Li Wen was confident and different from his previous expressions. Yes, Meng Qingzhou was glad that he had not found the wrong person. Li Wen of Guo Tianwang, weak is weak, and lacks the background of a literati.

Li Wen is a painter. Although it may be just the assembly line level, he has his own confidence and a sense of calligraphy and painting. This is something that Li Wen did not show much in the original version.

"Those two are real!"

"That's the same!"

"If you don't understand, don't say anything!"

The questioning of the accomplices made Li Wen's expression a little unnatural, but he still squatted beside the painting, with some painter's piety,

“Chinese painting mounters have a skill,”

"You can uncover a painting of ink and wash, and according to the thickness of rice paper, you can generally uncover three layers. The top painter is able to penetrate the back of the paper. Even if you uncover three layers, each layer is almost the same."

Li Wen's voice was envious and confused.

"This ink is relatively shallow, it should be the bottom layer."

Lao Duan's performance exceeded Meng Qingzhou's expectations. At least this version of "Wushuang" will not make Fa Ge more beautiful than before.

The next performance of Fa Ge tells everyone that not every actor has aura, and every move is his own style.

"Incomparable" has been completed!

The main line in "Wushuang" is to produce fake US dollars. The whole process is complicated and cumbersome, and it is a very novel subject for viewers who do not know the process of making fake banknotes. Especially the entire production process shown in the movie is to encounter difficulties and solve difficulties.

Controlling the rhythm is very important, and the dazzling tools and professional terms are something that no one can get in touch with on weekdays. This is also a process of acquiring knowledge, making the audience feel that making money is like an art!

The filming of "Wushuang" is the most comfortable and reassuring thing that Meng Qingzhou has been director since she became a director. What is the happiest thing about being a director? The movie she made has a good reputation and a high box office.

But what else? Finding a good actor is even more enjoyable to find a group of good actors to interpret their works.
To be continued...
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