muscle actor

Chapter 141 The biggest backer
Ding Cheng stood up slowly, took two steps back, and bowed deeply again, thanking his senior for his guidance and expectations.

If there is no system, we will not be able to get to where we are today. As a senior who met for the first time, it is a great blessing to be willing to share the detours we took in the past with ourselves.

Cheng Daoming can see that the young man in front of him has a kind of calmness in his heart. It has nothing to do with identity and fame, but a persistent pursuit of a certain career. This is the shining point of appreciation.

"Everyone has two births in this life, one is the birth of the body, and the other is the awakening of the soul."

"At that time, I ushered in a second life, and found that I could let go of my desire for fame and fortune, and I didn't need to cater to anyone and tell lies. As long as I worked hard, worked hard, and had no shame in my work, I could achieve inner peace and freedom. "

"After the test of that period of time, I asked myself that even if I become nothing in the future, I can still live happily."

Cheng Daoming saw that Sister Hua wanted to interrupt several times, and explained with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not trying to persuade this kid to give up his job, but to teach him another kind of actor's cultivation and realm."

"I'll give you an example. In Gao Xiaosong's 02 film My Heart Is Flying, one of the scenes required my character to be wounded by the river, lying on a small boat, and swaying ashore with paddles."

"The director thought about making the picture look good. There must be a sunset that can reflect the river very brightly. At that time, there was no condition for the crew to wait for the sun to set, so they would shoot other scenes on the mountain first. When the sunset came, the cameraman carried the machine and walked to the bridge. run up."

"I ran to the river in one breath, turned my head and asked: How big is the head? The cameraman yelled: 250!"

"What's the concept of depth of field with a focal length of 250? If you can't control it a little bit, the picture must be blurry. I didn't know what was going on at the time. Fu Ruxinzhi lay directly on the boat, tilted the oars and started acting."

"The scene is set on the sparkling river. Such a good shot is fleeting. Once the body movements are too big, the actors will definitely make a picture. When the sun sets, it will all be smashed."

"At that time, the budget of the crew was limited, and there was no chance of trial and error. Xiaosong sat in front of the monitor and sweated all the time. The magic is that I can actually let people and paddles walk along the screen after the whole long shot."

"No matter how he crawls or turns over, the person is always in the painting. After a long shot of a few minutes, he kneels down in one shot!"

"Actually, he didn't notice at the time. I waved the paddle a few times in the middle, and my intuition told me that the director should cut the film here. Everything went smoothly, even I didn't expect it."

"When he was acting in "Black Hole", the entrepreneur Nie Mingyu was a boss secretly, but he was a social deformity in his bones."

"In order to give the characters a deeper sense of history, I designed a mask prop by myself. Every time I go out to commit a crime, I will wear a mask."

"Because a mask was a must-have item in the 70s and [-]s, a simple prop can hint at the past of the character. To deepen the evil in Nie Mingyu's heart, let the crew build a secret room for me, and often play accordion music with a sense of age in it."

"It not only presents traces of the character's past, but also embodies the darkness in the character's heart, making the audience feel authentic and believable."

Pointing to the second floor, he said: "Now I still have a big room, facing the window and playing the piano every day. That is the process of talking to my heart."

"There is also a room dedicated to sugar figurines, dough figurines, and carpentry. Sugar figurines and dough figurines were my daughter's favorites when she was young. I often make one or two when I have nothing to do, and give her gifts."

"Tell her when you go abroad: First, Dad wants you to be healthy; Second, I want you to be happy; Third, try to study hard."

"One year she called and said she wanted a LV bag, and I said very directly: "Do you want the bag, or do you want the designer label on it? "

"If you just want a bag, Dad can make one for you himself."

"Hey, I am also drunk when I meet someone like you!"

Sister Hua couldn't help it, and complained: "Every time you finish filming a movie, you have to take a break. After filming "Hero", I remember you took a break for a whole year?"

"Later Feng Xiaogang asked you to play the role of Emperor Li in "The Banquet". You felt that it was the same as Kangxi, so you refused to accept it."

"Chen Kaige asked you to play "Mei Lanfang", but he didn't accept it because it felt wrong. Later, Hu Mei's "Confucius" was also rejected..."

"I really don't understand what you're thinking?"

Cheng Daoming put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "That's because the script must conform to my aesthetics and values, otherwise I won't act no matter how much money I give!"

"If we meet a good script, we would rather take less money, and then let the director find better actors, and everyone will work hard to make a good work."

"As long as it's a good show, I can give them a [-]% discount. I don't want to monopolize so much production costs. Filming not only requires money, but also face!"

Sister Hua sighed, she had nothing to say, she had a bad temper for so many years.The literati spirit in him, every time he was interviewed, he pointed at the key points, making the other party unable to get off the stage in front of the reporter.

I like to say that actors usually talk a lot of nonsense, so don't talk about makeup when you are interviewed.

So now I seldom talk, because there are too many things I want to scold, and I can't stop at all!
"Nowadays culture gives way to commerce, and when all entertainment sinks into vulgarity, it seems that culture is being talked about everywhere, but it is actually a cloak of commerce, and everything is in line with money."

"When we were filming "One and Eight", in order to get a tanned skin, we could do nothing in the Dalongshan Reservoir and bask in the sun for a month. For a small movie, the whole team shot for more than half a year."

"At that time, it was called making movies, but now it is called stealing money. It is completely two eras!"

Suddenly, he slapped the table and reprimanded loudly: "There are a lot of junk every year. Although our technology was very rough back then, we really wanted to create good works. There is also a bit of character, a bit of aloofness, and a bit of bamboo spirit."

"now what?"

But as if thinking of something, like a deflated ball, he let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "Especially when I was elected as the chairman of the Film Association, facing all kinds of falsehoods and hype every day, I have been helpless in this world countless times, and I have no ability to change the status quo. A very small range."

"I express my opinion again and again, and it will not improve the atmosphere of this era. People who pursue interests will always wave their arms. Money is the goal they are worth pursuing."

"But I always think: people don't have to do many good things in this life..."

"As long as you insist on not doing bad things, there will be peace in the world."

Finally happy with the drink, he directly took Ding Cheng up to the second floor, played the piano he liked every day, delivered it to the door in person when he left, and made an appointment to sit down when he was free.

On the way back, Sister Hua said: "His image, like the emperors, leaders, and intellectuals that often appear in film and television works, has been elevated to a high position. Young people are always in awe of him. keep distance."

"Especially after sitting in that position, few people are willing to find so-called old seniors like them to film in movies!"

Ding Cheng was deeply touched, not to mention Cheng Daoming's long-established seniors, even he himself is not used to it these days.

"That's why young directors like to use small fresh meat with traffic, and they can easily click to earn exposure. Famous old directors like to use newcomers, who are cheap and obedient, and they can do whatever they are asked to do. The most important thing is to save money."

"That's why the actors in the middle are the most embarrassing. They can't get up and down. They can only look familiar in front of the audience, and under the so-called star halo, they do the tricks."

(End of this chapter)