Kanagawa Taoist College Students

"Yes, I'm willing to stay and help you." After thinking about it, Mr. Yuan agreed without hesitation. Although he couldn't let go of following the instructions of a young man who may not be as old as his grandson, but being able to stay is better than anything else. This is the status quo.

"That's very good, Mr. Yuan. You can stay and continue to complete the contract, but everything will focus on the boy. I hope you can cooperate with him." Smith seemed to think that this result was not bad, but it defined the primary and secondary relationship between the two parties. This One thing is absolutely beyond doubt.

"Don't worry, Mr. Smith, we will cooperate well." Mr. Yuan said solemnly to Director Smith, who could decide whether they could survive in Hollywood with just one word.

"Yes." Smith nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the boy beside him, "Boy, I have something to do and I have to leave. Maybe I won't be able to come over until the afternoon or tomorrow."

"Okay." Li Xuehao watched him walk away with his assistant. Virginia beside him was very excited and hugged his arm. "Lee, I can't believe it. Now you are the action director of the crew. All actions are Coming from you, that would be really cool.”

As a (bitter) actor, she knows the importance of the action director, especially for an action drama. The action director can be said to be the soul of the crew, known as the action director, and can even be on an equal footing with the director.

Of course, if a Chinese holds this position, he will have basically no power at all, because the director will never allow a Chinese to be equal to him among the creative staff. Take Chris as an example, he can fire Mr. Yuan at any time for any reason. , and the other party still has nothing to do with him. This is the current situation in Hollywood.

"Maybe." Li Xuehao was not as excited as Virginia, but he was somewhat interested in the job of martial arts, which he had never experienced before, "Mr. Yuan, I will trouble you next." Since I've never done it before, let's first see how the old-timers do it.

"You're too polite." After all, Mr. Yuan has lived a long life and has never seen anything happen. Even if he is obeying the instructions of a junior, as long as the other party does not mess around and affect his reputation, he does not mind obeying the other party's wishes.

Director Chris came over at this time and said: "Today has delayed a lot of progress. Mr. Yuan, we will start after a five-minute break. Is there any problem?"

"No problem." Mr. Yuan shook his head.

"Lee, what do you think?" Director Chris looked at the new action director again. Although he was too young, under Smith's guarantee, he would never dare to ignore him, especially when the producer Smith was not around. The situation represented him, which made him even more afraid.

"It's no problem for me either." Li Xuehao said.

"Very good, let's start in five minutes." Chris clapped his hands, motioning for all the actors and staff on the scene to look over, and announced that he would continue in five minutes.

Li Xuehao, Virginia and Anna walked aside. The three of them formed a small circle. Even if Anna and Virginia were not crew members, no one would drive them away.

Mr. Yuan and his four apprentices walked to the other side, and they formed another small circle.

"Master, that kid doesn't even look older than my son." The strong man with his shaved head looked more like a gangster than an ordinary person said, with a tone of resentment and a hint of contempt and disdain.

"My background is incomparable." Before Mr. Yuan could speak, the young apprentice said, with a tone of envy and jealousy. Look at him, he is only a teenager and he can do whatever he wants. He is in his twenties. As a human being, you can't be alone.

"Even the crew came to the production with two beauties, tsk tsk..."

Anna and Virginia's close attitude towards someone naturally solidifies that relationship.

"Okay, this is other people's business, let's not interfere too much." Mr. Yuan said in a deep voice. Several people spoke in Cantonese, so there was no need to worry that anyone besides them could understand.

"Master, do you think he is Chinese?" Ami, a young female apprentice with red hair and good looks, asked.

"Maybe." Mr. Yuan doesn't care about this kind of thing, because even if the other person is Chinese, he won't pay more attention to them because they are Chinese. He knows very well that the second and third generations of Chinese born in the United States, There is basically no sense of belonging anymore.

"I don't see it, maybe it's a Korean stick." The young apprentice with an envious tone speculated maliciously.

"Chengwu, haven't I taught you the truth that disaster comes from your mouth?" Mr. Yuan said with a frown.

"I'm sorry, Master, I won't do it next time." The young apprentice Cheng Wu immediately calmed down.

Li Xuehao naturally listened to their conversation clearly, but he didn't take it to heart. He, Anna and Virginia watched the director Chris talk to the male and female protagonists about the scene.

During this period, Virginia introduced the names of the male and female protagonists. The male protagonist is called Paul and the female protagonist is named Christine. Although they are not the popular ones, they are still somewhat famous in Hollywood. At least Li Xuehao noticed Virginie. The envy in Ya's tone means that even if the other person is only a second- or third-tier star, she can't compare to it.

…

Five minutes later, the shooting officially started.

Director Chris grabbed the guide tube and directed everyone to get into position.

As a martial artist, Mr. Yuan led his apprentices to design movements for actors and correct wrong postures.

Li Xuehao, Anna, and Virginia watched with great interest. Director Chris also told the plot of the script. It was a completely cliche plot.

The male protagonist plays a black market boxing master, and the female protagonist is the daughter of the boss behind the black market. The two fall in love, but the boss behind the black market does not allow this to happen. He sends someone to bring his daughter back to marry a rich man. His son got married, but the heroine resolutely stayed with the hero. Then, the hero had a fight with the bodyguards sent by the boss behind the black market. After defeating all the bodyguards, the hero calmly took the heroine away.

I will shoot this scene today and call it a day.

It sounds very simple. In fact, to shoot such a "simple" scene, maybe one day is not enough, because it involves a lot of things, whether it is the coherence of the movements or the authenticity of the pictures presented, they must at least meet the standard. , to satisfy the director, sometimes an action may even need to be cut more than ten times, especially for a director who strives for excellence.

Li Xuehao finally saw how Mr. Yuan worked. In fact, he basically didn't do it himself. He mostly arranged for his apprentices to give instructions to the actors or correct mistakes. During the fights, the movements were simple and coherent, and even looked very pleasing to the eye.

However, because it is a performance, it will definitely not be a real fight. Sometimes it is enough to just make a move without touching the opponent.

For example, when the male protagonist throws a punch, his opponent is still one foot away from his opponent, but his opponent flies out in an exaggerated way, as if he was hit by a locomotive.

Anna, who was following her, opened her eyes wide and asked Virginia: "Are you all like this? Falling out without being touched?"

"You don't think they were all really beaten, do you?" Virginia looked at her in surprise.

Ana shrugged her shoulders, not really understanding this: "Isn't it?"

Virginia rubbed her forehead: "Of course not. If you are hit, it will definitely hurt, and you may even be injured. No one wants to do that."

"Okay." Anna thought about it. The movie was indeed fake. She was originally very interested in watching the filming live. After knowing this, her interest was greatly reduced.

Li Xuehao watched for a while and had to express his admiration for Mr. Yuan and his apprentice. Although their real strength was limited, they were definitely professionals in designing movements and guiding them. Originally, he thought that the movements he designed would not be bad, but After watching the performance of Mr. Yuan and his apprentices, I finally understood what it means to specialize in a skill. If he were to come, there is absolutely no guarantee that he would do better than Mr. Yuan.

So he just watched from the sidelines, and Mr. Yuan's apprentices probably meant to show off in front of him. Everyone worked very hard, and occasionally looked over as if showing off. They probably really regarded him as the kind of person who didn't know anything. The second generation ancestor.

As the filming progress continued, everything seemed smooth, and there were not even a few cuts. This was undoubtedly the scene that the director wanted to see the most.

Seeing that the male protagonist was showing off his might to completely eliminate all the bodyguards, and the filming was entering the later stages, a scream suddenly rang out, attracting everyone's attention.

A "bodyguard" in a black suit covered his arms that were hanging limply and howled with sweat: "My arms, my arms..."

Seeing the arms hanging down like a swing, director Chris's face suddenly darkened. He took off his headphones and threw them to the ground. It was almost over, but something went wrong unexpectedly.

"Call, call an ambulance!" He roared, and looked at Mr. Yuan's bald gangster apprentice fiercely, because the bodyguard's actions were planned by him, but the result was an accident.

The gangster's apprentice looked ashamed. In fact, he just wanted to make the fight look more realistic. Unexpectedly, the designed movements were too large, which still caused injuries.

"No need to call an ambulance, let me take a look first." Mr. Yuan walked towards the injured actor with a solemn expression. Of course he, the master, would not stand by and watch when his apprentice did something wrong.

"Mr. Yuan, I don't want things to get worse." Director Chris warned. Since the other party wanted to watch it, he was willing to give it a chance, but if it couldn't be solved, he didn't want things to get more troublesome.

"Don't worry, I know how to do it." Mr. Yuan nodded solemnly, walked up to the injured actor, signaled the other person to endure the pain, and gently squeezed his shoulder, "Do you feel it?"

"It hurts so much. I feel like my arm no longer belongs to me. Call an ambulance..." The injured actor's forehead was covered with sweat. If he hadn't been determined, he would have continued to cry.

Mr. Yuan carefully touched other parts of his arm, but the other person kept complaining of pain, which made him unable to tell whether it was broken or fractured. It seemed that he could only call an ambulance.

Li Xuehao also came over at this time. As a genuine action director, he had never taken action before, and he felt sorry for watching others take action. Moreover, he did not want to affect the progress of the filming. After all, he could go back after the filming was completed.