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Chapter 310 Joining the filming crew

This is not the first time Jiang Heng has come to Hengdian, nor is it the first time he has met Xu Yongan.

But if we talk about the biggest scene and the most politeness, it has to be this time.

After all, the aura of the world's box office champion is too dazzling. The box office has exceeded 2 billion US dollars and is still rising.

In the past, it was really a figure that we dared not think about, but now it has been achieved by a Chinese-language movie, making many people feel like they are in a dream, full of unreal feelings.

Xu Yongan has this feeling. He knows that Jiang Heng is very good and has some knowledge of 3D movies.

But he never thought that Jiang Heng could shoot such an immersive and shocking movie.

To be honest, Xu Yongan was really stunned when he just watched the IMAX 3D version of "Havoc in Heaven".

That feeling is similar to the shock of movies going from silent movies to sound movies and black and white being replaced by color.

Today is the global film market, from "flat" to "three-dimensional" era, and it is still led by Chinese-language movies. Xu Yongan feels proud of it.

He very politely invited Jiang Heng to attend the dinner he prepared, saying that local leaders would also attend.

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and he had to give this face to the people.

Jiang Heng smiled and agreed, and after a few more pleasantries, Xu Yongan and his party left.

In the evening, Jiang Heng and several main creative staff members of the "A Chinese Ghost Story" crew attended the dinner together, eating, drinking and chatting.

The local leaders came to see Jiang Heng more out of curiosity.

They just wanted to see what the tough guy who broke the global box office record of "Titanic" looked like.

At the same time, they felt that Jiang Heng was winning glory for the country. After all, China has been developing continuously for so many years, and there are not many areas that have truly surpassed Europe and the United States. Even the total economic volume did not surpass Japan until 2010 to become the world's second largest economy.

The meal was a happy one, and it was quite enjoyable.

The next day, Jiang Heng officially joined the crew and began filming the scenes related to "Ning Caichen".

One more thing to mention is that Nie Xiaoqian is a female ghost in both the original novel and the Hong Kong movie.

Nie Xiaoqian in the TV series "A Ghost Story" broadcast in the mainland in 2000 is also a female ghost.

In 2003, in the TV series "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Xu Xiyuan, Chen Xiaodong, Wu Jing and others, Nie Xiaoqian's identity was changed to a fox fairy.

The reason is naturally that the radio and television do not advocate the "ghost theory", so in the subsequent mainland TV series, female ghost characters are often changed to fox demons.

Speaking of which, in the play "Havoc in Heaven", the bull-headed and horse-faced demons appear at the beginning, and Jin Chaoqun guest-stars as the King of Hell.

Fortunately, there is a famous adaptation as a basis, and the great significance of this play is explained, which is a leniency.

As for the version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Guo Fan, Nie Xiaoqian's identity has become a fox fairy again.

The plot is also much simpler. It is about the story of the scholar Ning Caichen staying overnight at Lanruo Temple and being seduced by a fox demon, which later led to a battle between Yan Chixia and the tree demon grandma.

The main feature of this film is still a special effect.

As the saying goes, when a country is about to perish, there must be evil spirits.

Whether it is Ning Caichen, who is powerless, or Yan Chixia, who has a strong Taoist method, they are all mortal bodies. But living in a chaotic world full of evil spirits and evil spirits, there will be a strong sense of powerlessness.

There will be a lot of space in the film to show these, and the overall style is still relatively dark and terrifying.

As for the love scenes, well, Jiang Heng is indeed not good at love, but fortunately it is not bloody, and there is no plot of "Yan Chixia falls in love with Nie Xiaoqian". It focuses on depicting the difficulties of a pair of young lovers surviving in troubled times.

The overall feeling is a bit like a mortal who accidentally enters the Xiniu Hezhou where there are demons everywhere.

At the same time, it draws on "White Snake Origin" and adds a little sensationalism.

In the end, one of them must die...

"Director Jiang, your appearance is really too bookish, it's like Ning Caichen walked out of the book!"

In the dressing room, Jiang Heng put on makeup and changed clothes, and the assistant director complimented him.

The other people in the room also praised Jiang Heng's appearance and temperament.

Jiang Heng was helpless, "Okay, I'll talk about the compliments another day, let's shoot first!"

"Okay, let's shoot first!"

Everyone returned to their seats, and Jiang Heng also sat in the ruined temple.

Because this play is mostly night scenes, the main indoor scenes and a small number of outdoor scenes are shot during the day.

This scene is about Nie Xiaoqian seducing Ning Caichen in the house.

Liu Yifei and Jiang Heng have a good relationship, so they are not shy during the filming. Occasionally, when they go too far, she has to restrain her performance.

Some of the staff in the field laughed secretly.

Some people envied Liu Yifei for finding such a good "meal ticket"

The actor who plays Yan Chixia in the film is Wang Hui, who also plays the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang, the executive vice emperor in "Yongzheng Dynasty".

The reason for choosing him is mainly because he looks more upright and chivalrous, and his Yan Chixia in "A Ghost Story" is also acceptable.

To be honest, Wang Hui was very surprised when he received the invitation. After all, in so many years in the film industry, his most famous role "Thirteenth Master" is only a supporting role in a TV series.

He has also acted in a few movies, such as Cao Hong in "Red Cliff", but he didn't have much role.

Now he can play the second male lead in Jiang Heng's film, which is really a blessing from heaven.

Well, although the director of this play is Guo Fan, he is really not famous.

Jiang Heng is the producer and the first male lead, so the outside world naturally regards this movie as Jiang Heng's work, and even the crew members think so, including Guo Fan.

Although Jiang Heng repeatedly delegated power, Guo Fan still asked for instructions and reported tirelessly, and he felt like he was the executive director.

Seeing that several indoor scenes were shot smoothly, Guo Fan was also very happy and said: "You are worthy of being Director Jiang. The expression, tone, lines, and movement, every detail can be used as a teaching material for students to study repeatedly!"

Jiang Heng laughed, "According to what you said, I can go to Beijing Film Academy to be a teacher!"

Guo Fan said: "If you go to Beijing Film Academy to be a teacher, the number of applicants will increase by more than ten times, and the number of students from the Central Academy of Drama and the Shanghai Theatre Academy will be reduced by more than half!"

Jiang Heng laughed, "You are good at talking!"

During the day, we shot for a while and rested for a while, and the rhythm was not particularly rushed.

It was busier at night, because many of the fighting scenes in this film almost all took place at night.

The actress who played the tree demon grandma was Mao Weitao, who played Dongfang Bubai in the CCTV version of "Swordsman". There was no problem with her acting and martial arts shooting, and the shooting went smoothly.

Ten days passed in a flash, and Jiang Heng had already filmed most of his scenes in A Chinese Ghost Story.

One day, the assistant came over suddenly, and when Jiang Heng was free, he said, "Director Jiang, Liu Cixin just called and said that he had finally finished writing the third part, and wanted to come and give you the manuscript!"

"Oh, finally finished? I thought it would have to wait until next year!"

Many novels have amazing openings but bad endings in the later stages.

A typical example is Zhu Xian, maybe the opening was too good, or maybe there were too many characters and clues, and they were too messy, so the author couldn't remember them in the later stages.

In short, it took a long time to finish, and the readers were not very satisfied.

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