The Eye of the Storm

At one o'clock in the morning, the investor group of "The Darkest Choice" kept sending new news, and the producer Xu Anqiao was live broadcasting the shooting situation of the scene in real time.

00:34 It was raining heavily. The traffic police blocked the road just now. All groups were ready. The team borrowed from the traffic police to maintain the road conditions was also in place, and the filming could start in a while.

01:05 Director Zeng directed the group of performers to try out the play, and they cooperated well.

01:17 Si Zhe and Xiao Wu have finished their makeup and are already waiting for the scene, and they can start shooting at any time.

01:29 When the group performers saw Si Zhe, they were all boiling, and Director Zeng almost lost control of the scene...[Cold Sweat]

01:46 Alright, now the group performances are finally back to normal, Si Zhe and Xiao Wu have just walked away once, and the filming will start immediately.

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The phone placed on the coffee table was buzzing non-stop. Xu Anqiao had been talking to himself in the group all the time. The other investors probably fell asleep at this point, and no one responded to him.

Cao Ye sank into the leather sofa in the living room, wondering if he was disturbed by the vibrations. Most of the hypnotic slaying movie he picked up tonight had been played, but he still didn't feel sleepy.

It was possible to block the group chat, or turn off the phone directly, but he didn't know why he didn't do that. He let it vibrate on the coffee table for a while, and would take a look at the news when it came. Throwing the phone back, I held it in my hand and waited for it to vibrate.

After waiting for a while, the phone in his hand didn't vibrate anymore. He typed a line and sent it: "How is the filming going?"

Xu Anqiao didn't know what happened, and he didn't reply for a long time. Cao Ye looked at the fighting scene on the screen absently, thinking that it's really boring... such a boring movie has no hypnotic effect at all.

I don't know how the filming went. Xu Anqiao didn't reply after such a long time, so something happened, right?

When Huang Qianshi was filming the drag racing scene in the previous version, he was almost thrown out by the tail of the car. Fortunately, another martial arts actor who was riding a motorcycle caught him quickly, and in the end it didn't happen. ACCIDENT.

But it is said that after the accident happened, all the crew members were a little scared, and cooperated with the screenwriter and the action director to urgently modify the fighting scene, but Huang Qianshi's agent refused to let Huang Qianshi film this fighting scene again, so in the end he only Allows doubles to complete follow-up shots.

Thinking about the racing scene, it was really thrilling. There won't be any accidents this time, right?Cao Ye lowered his head and turned on the phone screen. After more than ten minutes passed, Xu Anqiao still didn't reply to the message, and he became more and more uneasy.

He threw the remote control aside, got up from the sofa, changed his clothes for going out - he couldn't sleep anyway, so he might as well go to the shooting scene to have a look.

It was still raining outside, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were covered with water marks left by raindrops. When changing clothes, he looked out from the living room. A certain rainy night in memory is very similar.

The phone in his hand finally vibrated when he opened the door and went out. Cao Ye looked down, Xu Anqiao still didn't reply to the message, but Lin Yan replied with a useless nonsense: "Have you not slept yet, Ye Zi? With which girl?" What about one piece?"

Cao Ye turned off the screen and ignored it, closed the door and got off the elevator, leading directly to the underground parking lot.

The car started and drove out of the underground garage. The mobile phone placed in front of the gear lever vibrated again. He stepped on the brake and glanced at the message. This time it was the voice from Xu Anqiao: "It went well, the drag racing scene just now was so exciting Oh, I was so absorbed in the moment that I forgot to send the message, Mr. Cao is not asleep yet?"

...It was because he was so absorbed in the sight that he forgot to send the message. Cao Ye was a little speechless. He took the phone and returned a voice message: "Didn't sleep, call me in time if you have anything to do."

As soon as the message was sent out, Lin Yan also sent back a voice message. Cao Ye clicked on it, and Lin Yan said "tsk": "I really care about Liang Sizhe, why don't you go to the scene and take a look?"

Being hit by his words, he really wanted to go over and take a look.Cao Ye put the phone back, thinking that he was not interested in Liang Sizhe, it would be bad for the whole crew if something happened, he should go to the shooting scene to see.

The filming location for the supplementary filming was on a sparsely populated road in the suburbs of Beijing, and the crew specially chose a time in the middle of the night to close the road for filming.Cao Ye knew the shooting location early in the morning. It was sixty to seventy kilometers away from his residence, and it took more than an hour to drive there.

There were not many cars on the road in the middle of the night, and the wipers swung back and forth quickly, constantly scraping away the water stains on the windshield.

It was the first time for Cao Ye to go to the crew to stare at the filming in the middle of the night, but he just felt a little uneasy. Although the security measures were in place, he also hired a reliable action director when shooting a big racing scene on a rainy day. But no one can guarantee that something will happen in this kind of weather.

The drag racing scene was decided to be re-shot a week ago, and the crew had been waiting for the chance of rain at night, and waited until the other re-shooting shots had been completed, and finally the heavy rain came.

Fortunately, there is plenty of rain this year, and it happened to catch up with the rain during the night during the reshoot period.Otherwise, for such a big scene and a big scheduling scene, the crew's artificial rainfall is really not easy to operate.

A few kilometers away from the shooting location, Cao Ye called Xu Anqiao, Xu Anqiao picked it up, and said in surprise, Mr. Cao, why are you still up?

"I'm here to watch the filming," Cao Ye said while driving the car, "The road is closed, right? Can the car still drive in?"

Xu Anqiao was even more surprised when she heard it: "Oh, why are you here in the middle of the night?"

"Can't sleep, come and have a look."

"Then I'll go out to pick you up. The outside is sealed off, and the traffic police are guarding it. You can't drive in by yourself."

Cao Ye said "Yes" and hung up the phone.

The car drove for a few more minutes, and from a long distance, I saw that the shooting site was brightly lit, and the lighting boards of the film crew shone dazzlingly in the dense rain curtain.

Xu Anqiao stood by the side of the road and waited for him with an umbrella. Cao Ye slammed on the brakes to slow down. Xu Anqiao opened the door, bent down and sat in, put away the umbrella and closed the car door: "It's raining, what are you doing?" He came here without even saying hello, and if he was half an hour later, he might have to call it a day... Just drive straight ahead, the crew's cars are all parked there."

Cao Ye drove forward in the direction he pointed, and asked while driving, "The filming is almost over? Did the filming go well?"

"The big scene of the racing scene went smoothly, and the group actors cooperated well. It took three shots and it was over. Now I'm shooting the fighting scene, just stop there." Xu Anqiao pointed forward through the windshield, "Just now Si Zhe I got hurt a little..."

Cao Ye was stepping on the brakes and fell backwards. The brakes under his feet were a little heavier, and the car stopped suddenly. Xu Anqiao's upper body swayed, his back leaned heavily on the seat, and he let out an "ouch".

Cao Ye glanced at him: "Where is the injury?"

Xu Anqiao hasn't recovered from the palpitation just now: "You drive this car, and it rains again in the middle of the night, so be careful..."

"Let's get down to business," Cao Ye urged, "Is it serious?"

"Oh, the injury is not too serious. It's just that the arm slapped the ground and rubbed on the ground when it was close to the body. It has been soaking in the rain, so I'm afraid it won't be infected tomorrow..."

Cao Ye breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought the same thing happened last time again." He released the brake and continued to reverse, and parked the car next to a caravan rented by the crew, "Is the wound not bandaged?" said He opened the door and got out of the car.

Xu Anqiao hurriedly came over to hold an umbrella for him: "I can't wrap it up. This scene is all about fighting in short sleeves, with your arms exposed. It looks too obvious if you wrap it up...Look there," Xu Anqiao stood beside him, raising his hand diagonally forward Pointing, "Did you see it? It's on."

Cao Ye looked in the direction he was pointing. The lights of the film crew reflected on the wet road. Liang Sizhe, who was dressed in black, was filming a fierce chase scene with actors in police uniforms.

"Sizhe's fighting scene is really good," Xu Anqiao sighed beside him, "The movements are beautiful and ruthless. At that time, Huang Qianshi was worried when he was filming this scene. He had never filmed a fighting scene, so he didn't know how to fight. Before filming, I asked Si Zhe, he has never filmed fighting scenes, he has always filmed literary dramas, but I really can't tell that this is the first time he has played..."

"Yeah." Cao Ye walked towards the filming side. Along the way, the staff of the production crew met him with a little surprised expression on their faces, and they remembered to say hello after reacting.

Seeing their amused reaction, Xu Anqiao said with a smile, "Look, I was taken aback. I didn't expect you to come here so late... Before I finished speaking, Sizhe's first fight scene, I think it's a publicity point. After filming, I will come to interview with the group's publicity meeting, and we will focus on this point during the promotion period to promote it, the audience is interested in Liang Sizhe, and the conversion rate at the box office will not be low."

"Okay, you look at the arrangement." Cao Ye said as he walked under a row of canopies on the side of the monitor, stopped in his footsteps, and looked at the shooting scene not far away.

Liang Sizhe played this action scene really beautifully, his movements were both ruthless and accurate, and his punches were in place, fully expressing Scar's desperate vigor, just watching it makes people sweat.

Cao Ye has watched a lot of fight scenes, some of which are long and boring, and make people want to doze off after watching them, but obviously this is not this type, it is the kind of fight that makes the audience hang their hearts to watch. play.

After watching it for a while, he thought about it and said, "Playing is a good way to promote it, but..." He stopped in the middle of speaking, and Liang Sizhe was knocked down by the opposite actor. He was hit hard a few times and looked quite painful of.Although I knew it was a scene arranged by the action director in advance, it was quite worrying to watch.

"Just what?" Xu Anqiao asked, hearing the concern in his words.

"Oh," Cao Ye came back to his senses, "It's just that I remember that Liang Sizhe had a negative report about a fight before. Will there be public opinion deliberately attracted in that direction?" After saying this, Liang Sizhe still looked into the distance. He quickly rolled on the ground and then quickly took advantage of the situation to suppress the opponent, choked the man's neck and hit the ground fiercely.

"It's possible," Xu Anqiao thought for a while, "It's better that you are thoughtful, but that incident has been in the past for a long time, even if someone deliberately guides public opinion, it should not cause any splash... Speaking of the incident back then The thing is really strange, Si Zhe doesn't seem to be such an impulsive person, why would he beat up a reporter at a press conference, with dozens of cameras on the scene..."

"Then who knows," Cao Ye said, "you've been on the set all year round, and you've heard more gossip than me, right?"

"Hey, it's all gossip," Xu Anqiao smiled, and she really told him the gossip she had heard, "I heard that Liang Sizhe himself proposed to hold the press conference, and he said at the time that he would answer every question. , I can ask anything, but I didn’t expect that when I came to the scene, I would not cooperate well, and I was unhappy on stage and off stage. In the end, I didn’t know why I had a conflict with one of the reporters..."

"So many cameras are facing each other, so there is always a live video, right?"

"Yes, yes, but in the end, I could only see someone coming over to Liang Sizhe and saying something in Liang Sizhe's ear, and then Liang Sizhe's expression changed, and then he ended up beating someone. Who can guess what angered him... ..."

"It's so appetizing."

"That's right," Xu Anqiao said with a smile, "The seven unsolved mysteries of the entertainment industry, this matter was ranked first a few years ago, and there was a lot of trouble back then."

"Really." Cao Ye responded casually.

When the incident of Liang Sizhe's beating of a reporter caused turmoil in China, he was dealing with his mother's funeral abroad, and he was extremely busy. In addition, they had just broken up at that time, so he was in no mood to pay attention to Liang Sizhe's related reports.

The beating incident caused a lot of uproar at the time, and it almost caused Liang Sizhe to boycott the entire media industry. Offending the media was no small matter. Nothing.

But Liang Sizhe went to make movies for two years without saying a word, and turned around and won a Cannes Best Actor award, which left those media who had criticized his acting skills so much that they had no choice but to praise him obediently. movie altar.

A textbook-like rebound from bottoming out, Liang Sizhe's turnaround was so beautiful back then.After more than two years of silence, he has established his unshakable position in the Chinese film industry in the future with "Wangchuan Zhichuan", which has no figure in the mainland theaters.

The director yelled "cut", and the fierce chase and fighting scene not far away passed.Liang Sizhe stood up and pulled up the opposite actor who had just been suppressed and beaten by him, and the two stood and spoke a few words.

Song Qingyan ran to hold an umbrella for Liang Sizhe. She was short and held Liang Sizhe's bath towel and coat in her hands, so she couldn't spare her arms to lift the umbrella higher.Liang Sizhe was talking to the actor, and reached out to take the umbrella. The black umbrella was big enough to cover him and Song Qingyan.

After saying a few words, Liang Sizhe walked towards the awning on the side of the monitor. The awning was more than ten meters long, and Zeng Ran sat behind the monitor in the middle.Cao Ye didn't intend to go in the middle when he came. He has been standing in a place where there are few people. He has always understood not to disturb the progress of the crew. Artistic creation requires freedom. As an investor, he just let the crew control the process.

Liang Sizhe went into the awning, put away the umbrella and handed it to Song Qingyan, who quickly put the bath towel in his arms on him.Liang Sizhe wiped his wet hair with a bath towel, walked behind Zeng Ran, and slightly bowed to look at the one that just passed.When the staff standing by the monitor saw him coming, they consciously made room for him.

"Hey Sizhe," the director Zeng Ran saw him coming, and dragged the screen with the mouse to show him, "This time the effect is particularly good, crashing here, last time you felt that the playing here was not smooth, this time there is no such problem .”

"It's okay," Liang Sizhe looked at the screen and said, "It's better than the last time. I want to take a look at the place where the back is close to the ground."

Song Qingyan stood behind and looked at the scratch on his arm. The wound stopped bleeding, but the surrounding area was a little white from the rain. The fight just now seemed to have added a new wound. It was a bit shocking, she urged in a low voice : "Brother Sizhe, do you want to go to the car and bandage it? The doctor has been waiting inside for a long time."

"Oh yes," Zeng Ran also remembered, and turned his head to look at his wound, "Sizhe, hurry up and wrap it up, there is no problem this time, it's very good."

"It's not too late, let's read it again." Liang Sizhe turned his head and glanced at Song Qingyan, "Go and call Cao Ye over, I'll finish it when I get back."

"Mr. Cao is here?" Song Qingyan opened his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and turned his head to look around, "Where is it, why didn't I see it?"

"Over there," Liang Sizhe straightened up, raised his chin towards Cao Ye's position, "Stand on tiptoe to watch."

"Oh," Song Qingyan knew he was short, so he stood on tiptoe, and then saw Cao Ye who was chatting with Xu Anqiao under the canopy a few meters away, "I see, I'll go right away."

"Run away if you have short legs," Liang Sizhe joked, "If you don't run away, he will run away."

"Understood!" Song Qingyan responded while running.

"Mr. Cao is here?" Zeng Ran stretched his neck and looked in Cao Ye's direction, his voice was unbelievable, "It's a rainy day, I didn't say hello to come here..."

"He often comes to stare at the filming?" Liang Sizhe turned his eyes back to the monitor screen and chatted with him in a normal tone.

"Mr. Cao doesn't come over to watch the scene very often. Mr. Ding from Luomeng usually comes here occasionally. Mr. Cao will only come when there is a need for additional investment."

"Oh, did Huang Qianshi come to watch when Huang Qianshi was filming this scene?"

"No," Zeng Ran looked back and guessed, "There's no rush at this hour, right?"

"No, if there is an urgent matter, I must have said it long ago." Liang Sizhe said.

His tone was firm, without even a trace of speculation. Zeng Ran felt that it made sense, and quickly dispelled his worries, and continued to watch the playback screen on the monitor with Liang Sizhe.