Chapter 247 Long Shot


    Before I knew it, it was the ninth day.


    The crew worked hard all night.


    Chen Qi, Li Wenhua, the Yuan brothers, including Xu Hark who came to help, were all so tired that they leaned on their chairs and took the time to rest. The extras were sitting on the floor, oh no, lying on the floor.


    "Tai Chi 2" only has the last long shot left.


    The alleys are criss-crossed and divided into more than a dozen small areas. Different scenes take place in each area. The camera scans from above to get a full view. This means there can''t be a single mistake and it has to be successful every time.


    The crew worked for three days on this scene, but it hasn''t been completed yet.


    "The midnight snack is here! The midnight snack is here!"


    "Everyone, have something to eat and drink. Let''s fight again later!"


    The stage manager came in with a cart, and each person had a meal, including soup. Those who didn''t like soup also had lemon tea and cola to choose from. Everyone came over in twos and threes to receive the meal and ate in silence.


    Chen Qi was not hungry, so he just took a bottle of Coke and said, "Don''t be discouraged. Although you have failed many times, you have made some progress every time. If you work harder, success is just around the corner."


    "I really didn''t know that your mainland counterparts worked so hard. Hong Kong doesn''t even have such a lens!"


    Tsui Hark sighed.


    "As Xiao Chen said, since it''s a sequel, we have to come up with something new. We can''t do anything to fool the audience."


    Li Wenhua was quite proud when he mentioned this. Mainland Chinese movies are good if they are good, and bad if they are not good, but his attitude is definitely serious. After hearing this, Tsui Hark turned to Chen Qi and smiled: "I didn''t expect you still put art first?"


    "No, no, my attitude comes first. And I think movies should not engage in binary opposition, as if business and art are incompatible. They are the two legs of the movie, and one is indispensable.


    If you can add a bit of art to a commercial film and a bit of commerce to an art film, that would be the highest level. It''s a pity that most people can''t do it. It''s not bad to make commercial films that are entertaining and good, and to make art films that are deeply memorable, but it''s a pity that most people can''t do it.


    Most people just make commercial films that are vulgar and artistic films that are unattainable, which is very boring. "


    "I''m so vulgar right now!"


    Tsui Hark sighed again, remembering "Ghosts and Horses", Yuan Heping smiled and said: "You are one of those people who don''t know the blessings in the midst of blessings. The momentum of New Art City is so strong, you guys have great prospects."


    "You guys are not bad. We may have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."


    "OK!"


    Yuan Heping happily agreed. One of them was in Xinyi City and the other was in Jiahe. In fact, they had no chance to cooperate, but they were magically brought together by Chen Qi, and they cooperated for a while.


    After eating and resting for a while, Chen Qi stood up: "Start the work! Start the work!"


    The five people went to their respective areas and continued shooting.


    "Click!"


    "Why didn''t the gun fire?"


    "Click!"


    "You''re crazy, how many times have you told me?"


    After struggling for another long time, in the early morning, everyone was about to reach the limit and did it again.


    "Everyone is ready!"


    "3, 2, 1, ACTION!"


    For this kind of aerial photography, you need to use an airplane for higher ones, and a large crane for shorter ones. Now there are cranes, which can reach a maximum of about 11 meters and can carry a photographer, an assistant and a lighting assistant.


    The Great Wall has a set of equipment, and Li Wenhua personally went into battle, took charge of the camera, and started his old business. He stood on the cloud platform, pointed the camera, and a picture of chaos and decline in the late Qing Dynasty slowly unfolded in the camera:


    The alleys are criss-crossed, and the fake Boxer thugs, with evil smiles on their faces, wantonly took off a woman''s clothes and pressed her down. The woman was crying and struggling, while telling her child to run away;


    Several Qing soldiers were holding ropes and weapons to arrest these thugs. The thugs drank talismanic water to pray for the gods, and first killed an unlucky guy who ran out of the opium den;


    Nalan Yuanshu''s command was steady, and the people fled in panic behind him;


    Yang Yuqian beats Master Jiugong (Ji Chunhua);


    The double-faced Bodhisattva fell in a pool of blood, and the Holy Mother of Yellow Lotus flew up to the wall, holding a fan in one hand and a red lantern in the other, facing a group of foreigners with angry eyes, wanting to avenge the junior sister...


    The land is filled with fishy clouds and wolves and dogs. This is the Qing Dynasty where the building is about to collapse!


    When Li Wenhua started filming, he had an intuition that this time it was stable! His camera panned over little by little, and the feeling became more intense, and his heart began to beat loudly. Finally, the camera landed on the last scene: a burned-down opium den.


    "It''s done!" He almost shouted, he couldn''t wait to stand up, picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Okay!"


    "Passed!"


    “…”


    When this sentence was shouted, the audience was silent for two seconds, and then cheered. The three days of staying up were not in vain.


    These extras may not have a sincere feeling for the movie, but when the cost they paid was too high, they unconsciously fell into this emotion, instantly reached resonance, and were excited for success.


    Tsui Hark also laughed and said, "Wow, I have learned a lot about filming this scene!"


    "Then you come to the left. Li Lianjie shoots for you every day. What do these one hundred people count? Our support for movies is beyond your imagination. Tanks and artillery, huge crowds of people, thousands of horses galloping, great rivers and mountains, all the resources are available. You are in Hong Kong Can’t find it!”


    Chen Qi instigated rebellion whenever he found an opportunity.


    Tsui Hark swallowed and shook his big head: "Don''t talk about political affairs, don''t talk about political affairs!"


    …


    Hurrying slowly, I finally completed the task within ten days.


    The group came and went in a hurry, and Chen Qi and Fu Qi went to see them off again. Li Lianjie asked: "Brother Qi, when will you come back?"


    "I''m almost done. It''s winter, I have to go back and get some magazines."


    Chen Qi suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, you still live in the martial arts team?"


    "Yes, I have various connections in the martial arts team, so of course I can live there. Do you have a good place for me to live?" Li Lianjie asked expectantly.


    "No, no, then you can live here. We happen to be short of housing."


    Chen Qi smiled and turned to Li Jianqun: "Teacher Li, has your accommodation company solved the problem for you?"


    "Said he''s staying at Lechunfang temporarily."


    "Oh, that''s fine. Let''s feel aggrieved for a while."


    "It''s okay. I''ve gone to see it. It''s much better than the dormitory where I went to school. The courtyard is very beautiful." Li Jianqun said with a smile.


    During the filming, she and Ji Chunhua could stay in the guest house, but after filming, they couldn''t stay in the hotel anymore and had to move to Lechunfang. Chen Qi was going to go back to the leaders of the Ministry of Culture to buy a non-residential house first, renovate it by himself, and make do with it first.


    He will have to continue recruiting next year.


    Then I quickly applied for a piece of land to build a dormitory for the company, so that I would no longer feel the stigma of this house.


    "Okay, it''s time to go in!"


    Li Wenhua greeted, everyone stood up and said goodbye to Chen Qi reluctantly.


    "You should come back quickly!"


    "Brother Qi, I''m waiting for you!"


    "Let''s go, let''s go!"


    Chen Qi waved his hands, feeling a little emotional. Although it was great to eat, drink and have fun in Hong Kong for a few months, it was not home after all.


    …


    I bid farewell to everyone and returned to the Clear Water Bay studio.


    He and Fu Qi arrived at the main administrative building, entered the office and closed the door. Fu Qi asked, "It''s already the end of October. Can "Tai Chi 2" be finished in post-production before the Spring Festival?"


    "New Year''s Eve is early this year. New Year''s Eve is in January, November and December, two and a half months..."


    Chen Qi shook his head and said: "Even if it can be finished, it will be very rushed. I don''t recommend the Spring Festival stall. How about the summer stall?"


    "The summer film is also available, and the Spring Festival film will be given to "Shaolin Temple". Director Zhang has worked hard for two years, and he also wants to see the results."


    (End of chapter)