The Heavens: A Strengthening Journey Starting from Ip Man

Chapter 23

"Xia Meng?"

Gu Yun glanced at the woman next to him, a little surprised.

"You are from Great Wall Film Co., Ltd., right?" Gu Yun glanced at the man in front of him and said.

He had heard a little about Xia Meng in his previous life, the object of Jin Daxia's crush, and the prototype of many heroines in his novels.

Moreover, in order to catch up with others, Jin Daxia specially changed his name and joined Xiangjiang Great Wall Film Company. As a screenwriter, he wrote a movie named "Peerless Beauty" for Xia Meng.

But Xia Meng didn't pay attention to Jin Daxia's pursuit of the book at all, because Jin Daxia was already married at that time, and Xia Meng also had her own fiancé.

Gu Yun glanced at Xia Meng. The woman in front of him was just over 20 years old. She was beautiful, refined, charming, and could indeed be called a beauty.

Hearing this, the man smiled and said, "That's right, my name is Yuan Yang'an, and I'm the owner of the Great Wall Film Company. I heard that Mr. Gu is going to shoot a movie and is looking for actors, so I wanted to see if there was a chance."

"I've heard of Miss Xia Meng, she has a very good image and temperament, but the salary..." Gu Yun hesitated.

"As long as you can choose, even if it's free." Yuan Yangan said with a smile.

Gu Yun glanced at him in surprise, and said, "How can this be done?"

"Hehe, I have heard a little about Mr. Gu's actions. I admire your contribution to the country. It is more worthwhile to teach Mr. Gu as a friend." Yuan Yangan said

Xiangjiang Films is still in its infancy at this time, because the box office is not very high, so the salary of actors is similar to that of office workers, and they are paid on a monthly basis.

Only well-known people will get relatively high salaries.

Yuan Yangan thanked Xia Meng, and Gu Yun handed the script to Xia Meng, asking her to familiarize herself with it in advance and just arrive early for the filming.

Yuan Yangan left with Xia Meng, and Gu Yun was relieved.

Except for the owner of the Hongkou Dojo and Huo Tingen, who have not yet been selected, the rest of the cast members have basically been decided.

"Who should this Akutagawa Ryuichi be cast?" Gu Yun squeezed his chin.

After thinking for a long time, he finally thought of looking for Jinshan.

Jin Shan's kung fu is fairly acceptable, and his movements are very smooth, so he is a good candidate.

As for Huo Tingen's candidate, he found a member of the drama troupe. This person was called Zhang Chen, who was originally a contracted actor of the company.

After finding all the people, Gu Yun spent another seven days arranging props and searching for shooting scenes. After finally preparing everything, it was finally the day to start shooting.

In the past three years, Gu Yun had asked Hong Zhennan to build a film and television base in Jiulong, and the scene they were shooting at this time was in this film and television base.

"Director, I'll leave it to you in terms of literature and drama." Gu Yun patted the director on the shoulder.

He had seen this director's works, and the shots were pretty good, but in terms of camera movement, they were slightly lacking compared to later generations.

However, he has also studied some film knowledge before, so he can guide him on the sidelines.

After all, he had a reference object in his mind, so it wasn't particularly difficult.

The beginning of the film is to film Chen Zhen studying in Japan, and then the Black Dragon Society will come to find trouble.

The members of the Black Dragon Club here are guest stars of Ip Man's disciples. Everyone is practicing martial arts. Relatively speaking, the action scenes are relatively easy.

But even so, the scene was filmed for nearly a day. After all, many people are not professional actors, and it took many times to direct to achieve the effect.

Huang Liang played the man who was kicked by Chen Zhen and hit the window. He fell several times because of his brother's laughter.

Xia Meng plays the role of Photon-chan. At Gu Yun's suggestion, Xia Meng wears long hair and air bangs. But from an image point of view, she is not inferior to the original version at all.

Finally, it was Gu Yun himself. Although his acting skills were a bit awkward at first, after many attempts, he became very smooth.

In fact, this is also the benefit of Gu Yun's high savvy. This savvy is not only in martial arts, but also in other aspects of daily life.

After Chen Zhen knocked down the members of the Black Dragon Society, Fumio Funakoshi, played by Ip Man, appeared.

Ip Man just stood there, smelling like Ip Man.

However, as a master of martial arts, Ip Man has another special temperament. Although it is different from the original version, it is also very charming.

Gu Yun, who was still a little worried at first, finally breathed a sigh of relief after the filming of the scene was over.

At least everyone's performance was much better than he imagined.

After a few days of running-in, the next shooting process was much faster.

Especially for literary dramas, the filming process was very smooth, and few people lost the chain.

But when it came to filming martial arts scenes, everyone didn't have a good sense of proportion at the beginning, and some people were directly injured.

In the end, Gu Yun had to stop and explain the main points of the fight to these martial artists, so the progress was much faster.

The main fighting scenes in "Jing Wu Heroes" are divided into four scenes, namely Chen Zhen's entry into the Hongkou Dojo, the fighting scene between Chen Zhen and Huo Tingen, the fighting scene between Chen Zhen and Fumio Funakoshi, and finally the fighting scene between Chen Zhen and Fujita Takeshi.

In terms of filming the fighting scenes, Gu Yun originally thought that the first two fighting scenes were relatively simple, but due to his habit of fighting moves, Jin Shanzhao didn't use karate at all, and he just punched his feet and flipped fists when he came up.

Gu Yun said directly: "Jinshan, I've demonstrated it before. You have to have a routine in a play. You come up to poke your feet. If you don't know, you think you are in the ring. Why, want to have a real fight with me?" ah!"

Jin Shanzhao scratched his head and said, "Mr. Gu, in this fight, I subconsciously used my own punches. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Gu Yun said with a cold face: "You better be serious, this film is not cheap."

"Yes, yes." Jin Shanxun responded quickly.

Jin Shanxun had grown to be in awe of Gu Yun, so naturally he didn't dare to refute Gu Yun's words.

With the warning, Jinshan found the status finally, and passed it directly.

Seeing this, Gu Yun couldn't help sighing, he is indeed a martial arts expert, and when he practiced the routines, he could easily grasp them.

In the second scene, it was the battle with Huo Tingen.

Although this Zhang Chen had practiced in the theater troupe and had a good foundation, compared with real martial arts masters, he was still a bit inferior.

When Gu Yun was practicing against him, he didn't dare to use force at all, fearing that he would kill the young man with a single punch.

So this scene looks more like a troupe fighting, which looks a bit fake.

Zhang Chen said directly: "Mr. Gu, I know you can hit, don't worry about me, just hit hard."

"Haha, boy, do you know the effect of my exertion?" Gu Yun looked at Zhang Chen and couldn't help but laugh.

Zhang Chen scratched his head and said, "I know you beat the ghost guy very badly."

At this time, other people present were also very curious.

Someone shouted: "Brother Gu, just show us your boxing skills. Back then we didn't go to the scene to watch you fight the ghost, so let us enjoy it."

"That's right, let's put on a show."

Others responded one after another.

Gu Yun looked at the people present, and could only say: "Okay, I'll perform one for you, but you have to concentrate on filming in the future, and don't be lazy."

"sure!"

Gu Yun came to a stone pillar with a thick bowl mouth, took a deep breath, directly used the breathing method, and slapped the stone pillar.

"Oh!"

There was a muffled sound, and then everyone saw cracks spreading from the stone pillar at the position of Gu Yun's palm.

When he withdrew his palm, the stone pillar broke with a sound.

"Wow!"

The scene was full of exclamations, and the photographer did not turn off the camera and took this picture.

(End of this chapter)