Chapter 1010 1005 Acting

Chapter 1010 1005. Acting

After work, everyone went home.

Xu Xin did not take Ji Ge's Porsche, but got into Liu Yifei's Mercedes.

Los Angeles was really hot. When he got in the car, the sultry heat and the fragrance in the car made him roll his eyes.

He quickly lowered the window and lit a cigarette.

Liu Yifei didn't mind. She started the car, turned the air conditioner to the maximum, beeped twice to greet the Porsche, and drove out directly.

Then she noticed Xu Xin who put the seat back.

"Tired?"

"Tired, my body is tired from the heat."

Xu Xin lowered the sun visor to block the sun and squinted his eyes.

"What did you say about your business?"

"It went well. But they insisted that I star in that joint venture film, saying something like...the Korean market would be opened for me."

"Why do you want the Korean market?"

"That's right, and didn't you tell me to try to take control of my own power? Now I'm facing a dilemma."

"What?"

"Huaxia paid a very high salary..."

"How much?"

"It hasn't been announced yet, but the box office share is very high. 10% of the net profit."

"Net profit?"

"Yes."

Xu Xin was not particularly surprised.

This is the net profit, not the total box office.

To put it bluntly, based on a movie with a box office of 100 million and a profit of 40 million, 10% is only 4 million.

In the past two years, Fei Xian'er's career line has continued to rise, whether it is "Perfect" or the "Four Famous Detectives" series...

Although he also thinks "Four Famous Detectives" is not good, it can't resist the high box office.

The box office of the trilogy added together is a lot of money.

After the "Forbidden Kingdom" that year, she once again proved her box office appeal and international popularity... and this doesn't even count "The Hawthorn Tree".

I still say that.

There are only a few female stars in China who have box office appeal.

One carrot, one pit.

If you want to catch black bass, can you do it without making a nest?

But...

"I still say that actors should only focus on the script. Excellent story, excellent role, excellent director... Hey, this is really too idealistic."

Before Xu Xin finished speaking, he denied it himself.

Because this thing itself is a paradox.

Why the new generation of actors has such a strong sense of separation from the old generation of actors is also the reason.

For the old generation of actors, acting is a job and a task, but not a market demand.

But for the new generation of actors now, acting is equal to entertainment.

The market has demand, businessmen pursue profits, and profits are found from the audience.

How to sell the "commodity" is the first priority.

To put it bluntly, a work looking for actors with strong box office appeal is like a sales advertisement.

Advertisements are advertisements, and as for the efficacy... you will know only when the product is really launched. But the cost of the advertisement shooting must be paid in advance.

This logical relationship is naturally contrary to the traditional path of actors in Xu Xin's cognition.

After hearing his words, Liu Yifei said:

"I understand what you mean. So I plan to ask the factory to send a producer at that time, what do you think?"

"Help you supervise this play?"

"No, I have to find someone to help me supervise the quality of every play I perform in the future. Otherwise, I will not be at ease, right?"

"Then you might as well cooperate with a reliable director."

"Brother, come on, find me how many directors in this circle are reliable and know everything about them?"

Xu Xin was silent immediately.

Indeed.

The same story, interpreted differently by different directors.

Some people shoot well, some shoot badly.

Unless it is a director with particularly strong strength, otherwise... How a story will be filmed, no one actually knows before the director takes out the finished film.

"Huh..."

He exhaled a puff of smoke and threw the cigarette butt onto the American street without manners.

He raised the window and felt cool.

He nodded:

"You can do whatever you want."

"Well... your heroine..."

"You'll know when the time comes."

When this was mentioned, Xu Xin, who felt guilty for no reason, quickly changed the subject.

He yawned and then stopped talking.

His eyes went dark, and when he opened them again, he was already home.

"Dad~~"

When the two kids saw him enter the house, they ran over directly.

Not to mention... As the children grow older, every time I see their happy and carefree appearance, my fatigue always dissipates very quickly.

Especially when there is a young woman wearing an apron and holding a frying pan standing next to them...

That feeling is really indescribable.

"You're back... How is it going?"

"It's OK, it's going well."

Xu Xin nodded, took out the memory card, and came to the TV at home.

He wanted to watch the action video clips provided by Yayan's team.

And wait for dinner.

Liu Yifei was not at all shy. After taking out two bottles of ice water from the refrigerator, she stood beside the sofa and waited for the video to load with Xu Xin.

Yang Mi also came over.

Soon, with the operation of the card reader, several video files appeared on the TV.

Xu Xin clicked on one...

Two minutes later, he was chased to the audio-visual room.

There is no way, who would be a good person to watch the bloody scenes of blood everywhere, white knives entering and red knives coming out in front of the children?

As the "heroine" Liu Yifei also joined in.

Sitting on the sofa, she nodded:

"Yes, this is the film and television clip of "The Raid". There is actually very little plot in the whole film, mainly these action scenes. And in the second part, there is also a section that imitates the Thai... "Boxer"? Have you seen it? ?”

"The Tony Jaa one?"

"Yes, the scene where Tony Jaa climbs the stairs to the end. There is a scene in the second part that is also very bloody, but it hurts to watch it..."

But Xu Xin looked at the scenes of those punches in the camera, and said with a bit of amazement in his eyes:

"Don't tell me...this action scene was shot really well."

"Yeah. Black Belt magazine rated the action scenes of these two movies very highly...and didn't you notice, they shot it closer to reality. It's been a long time since I've seen this kind of scale in a domestic movie. The fight scene.”

"..."

This... to be honest, it's a bit heartbreaking.

But I have to admit that it is a fact.

There will also be bloodshed in the country, but it will only be one or two scenes at most.

It's nowhere near as good as these clips.

At this time, Yang Mi walked in with a plate of fruit.

His eyes fell on the home theater screen.

"Yo? The action is good, very clean. Is this the style you want to choose?"

"Um."

Xu Xin nodded:

"You just happened to be here, let's take a look together. If nothing else, "John Wick" will be in this style."

Yang Mi said nothing.

He didn't even sit down, but stood nearby, watching the two people fighting from fist to hand on the screen...

After looking at it for more than a minute, she smacked her lips:

"I feel like shooting like this can easily kill people. These moves are all aimed at vital points. If you don't pay attention, you can get injured easily."

"But it's very much like a killer, right?"

Yang Mi nodded slightly:

"That's true, but there is also a shortcoming..."

"For example?"

"Keanu would look bad fighting."

"Um?"

Xu Xin subconsciously raised his head:

"Why?"

"Because it's a bunt."

Yang Mi directly picked up the remote control and pressed pause.

The screen just stuck on the scene where Masahiko quickly punched another character's chest with both fists.

"One inch long, one inch strong, one inch short, one inch dangerous. This man is short, and all his movements look particularly fast. But Brother Ji is over 1.8 meters tall. You let him try this kind of movement. You Look at my arms...I hit like this, very fast...ssssssssssssss..."

As Yang Mi said this, she punched out a combination of punches.

Listening to that breathing... Xu Xin instantly felt that he was not marrying some woman, but Mike Tyson.

"But you are tall. If you stand up and try it, it will be very difficult for you to do this kind of fast punching, because your arm swings are wider than that of a small person. You can't be as fast as us, so you will always be half slower. Shoot. To put it bluntly, a strong physique is more suitable for defeating ten levels at once. If you really follow this style... I think your movements still need to be changed. "

"Well..."

Upon hearing this, he felt that what his wife said made sense. He thought about it and asked:

"Then from your perspective, for example, if you are now over 1.8 meters tall, what would you choose?"

"It's simple. Don't you pursue effective killing? Most of this man's moves are extremely complicated and flashy. Just choose one or two that can defeat the enemy with one blow, such as his current attack on the chest... That's all you can do with ten punches. You're not Master Ye, why are you so fancy? If I were this guy..."

She pointed at the buddy who was receiving Yayan's fist:

"Look at his height, he's very tall, right? The opponent was hitting me on the chest, and I opened my arms... and hugged him instantly, and then a throw came out."

"...Throwing skills?"

Xu Xin was still puzzled, and Liu Yifei, who had some experience in martial arts, added:

"Just falling."

"Yes...Honey, stand up and I'll show you."

Xu Xin naturally would not refuse.

He came to the opposite side of his wife.

The carpet in the audio-visual room is very thick, and it doesn't hurt if you fall. I'm saying...this is my biological mother...ah!

My dear daughter-in-law.

Are you willing to really hit me?

"Look, what does it mean to be strong enough to be strong...I will rush into your arms in a moment, and you will hug me and hold me..."

Xu Xin nodded slightly, and then saw his wife rushing towards him.

He instinctively hugged his wife, still holding her arms shut with his own.

"Look, I can't move like this. Let go of me... Oh, don't make trouble!"

"..."

Liu Yifei saw Xu Xin was about to speak, and was speechless.

"Hehehe, little lady..."

"Okay, okay, come on, this time you hit me, just like it."

Pointing at the two people on the screen, as soon as Yang Mi finished speaking, Xu Xin started to greet his wife's chest with both hands.

To be honest, it's quite obscene.

But when a husband and wife are playing hooligans... I won't be able to control them even if the King of Heaven comes.

Yang Mi didn't mind either, she just hugged her husband's left arm with both hands and twisted it sideways...

The thought in Xu Xin's mind, "Does being a gangster with his wife in front of other people count as NTR?" had not completely disappeared, and suddenly he felt that the whole world was upside down...

It hit the carpet with a "bang".

"...?"

The recoil made his internal organs feel like they were shaking...

And there was a carpet.

If he had fallen on the concrete floor, who knows what would have happened...

"Fuck?"

The sound of his Chinese quintessence was filled with the incredulity of "Why did I fall?"

The young lady looking down at him chuckled: "Zhibiezi, this is the way of wrestling in our country. When it is put into other throwing techniques, it is called sideways throwing. It is very practical. I can throw you with this thing so easily. If we switch places, you are a tall person of more than 1.8 meters, and you throw me who is only 1.6 meters. Just this one move, as long as you use a little force, I really can't get up for a while. If you really want to be practical, you have to pick this person's moves, and then you have to let Keanu know something else. For example, jiu-jitsu, sambo, grappling... It's best if he knows all of these. In the script, Mr. Wick is a legendary figure. When dealing with people of different physiques, you must use the most suitable things. One-on-one is easy to deal with, but if a group of people hit you, you don't know much, and I think it will be very monotonous." As she spoke, she pulled Xu Xin up. At this time...

"Mom! Where are you?"

"Hey, baby, mom is coming."

Yang Mi responded and said:

"You two should figure it out... No, why are you joining in the fun?"

She looked at Liu Yifei in confusion.

Fei Xian'er shrugged indifferently:

"I'm the heroine."

"... What?!"

Yang Mi was confused.

There is a heroine in this play?

It seems that there are only two characters in this script, one died... and the other died too.

"You play a female killer?"

Liu Yifei was stunned:

"There is also a female killer in this movie?"

As soon as she said this, Yang Mi lowered her head.

She saw a...

Sick.

Twisted.

Exaggerated.

Ugly...face.

Good, you big-headed Xu with thick eyebrows and big eyes...

She instantly understood what her husband was holding back and nodded with a fake smile:

"Okay...Okay, then you two study it, I'll call you for dinner later."

Then she walked out the door quickly.

Liu Yifei didn't know if it was an illusion or something, but she always felt that at the moment when Mimi closed the door, she heard a "puff"...

Okay.

This is someone else's home.

Farting is naturally nothing.

I definitely can't control it.

At this time, the picture on the screen started playing again.

Fei Xian'er turned her head and looked at Xu Xin.

She found that his brows had frowned.

...

This is the first time Xu Xin has filmed an action movie.

For him, it's like starting a brand new journey.

Everything is new.

Curious about everything.

Want to do everything to perfection.

In his concept, the ratio of gunfight scenes and action scenes in the script should be 73.

He is not worried about the 70%.

Because in his mind, he already had a general style.

But although there were few action scenes, he still had no idea.

To put it bluntly, he pursued a kind of... tension in the picture.

Simple, efficient, and absolutely not procrastinated.

That's why he valued Yayan's style.

But his wife's reminder today brought him another perspective.

That is the repetitiveness of the action.

As the saying goes, art comes from life, but it is higher than life.

If you just pursue simple killing, then it may be pleasing to the eye at the beginning... But if the time is extended to an hour, if MR. Wick always uses that simple killing method, it will definitely make the audience aesthetically fatigued.

This turns the advantage into a disadvantage.

No, I still have to consider more diverse things...

He looked at the images on the screen and fell into deep thought.

"Squeak."

Liu Yifei's nose moved.

She asked about the smell of roasted walnut kernels again.

She thought it smelled pretty good.

...

Liu Yifei wanted to go to Luc Besson's crew to take a look.

After the exterior scenes were taken in Wanwan and France, the remaining scenes of "LUCY" were basically all taken in the large and small studios and factories in Hollywood.

Hollywood is good in this respect.

There is nothing they can't do except what you can't think of.

After being baptized by hundreds of films of various themes every year for decades, they can almost be said to be perfect.

And if she goes, Yang Mi will naturally not refuse.

More long-term workers.

Helping to take care of the children, and not having to pay, why not?

So, the next morning, when Xu Xin woke up, there was no one else at home except the nanny and the Japanese chef who asked him what he wanted to eat for lunch.

Oh yes, there was also Su Meng.

So Yaozha, who felt a little sore in his waist, went out, met up with Georgia, and came to Paramount's own film factory.

Today he came to meet the photographer, costume and makeup team members.

For this shoot, Paramount was responsible for helping Xu Xin to form a team, so he didn't call Lin Li over.

It's not good for a director to be tied too tightly to a photographer.

Because every photographer is good at certain things.

Especially action movies... Lin Li has never shot one.

Li Pingdong is not a director who is good at shooting action movies, so he must find a professional.

As for the preparation of the film, there is actually no need to say more.

Xu Xin also took the video from the action director yesterday and discussed the action design of the film with Georgia and others, as well as the gun guidance, diversified fighting coaches, tactical coaches, etc. that he lacked now.

In this relatively unfamiliar country, he needed to do many things in this first film personally, otherwise when the filming really started, if one of them failed, it would seriously slow down the progress. So it is better to prepare more and more complicated things than to make up for the loss after the filming started.

The more things to prepare, the later they are busy.

When Xu Xin and Georgia finished dinner and returned home, it was almost 9:30.

It was not long for dinner.

The two sat in the restaurant they chose at around 7 o'clock, drank a bottle of red wine, and had an authentic American-style meal. They ate and talked, and they got home at this time.

But for the children, it was time to go to bed.

He walked into the door and was stunned.

Yang Mi was wearing pajamas and was about to go upstairs with the two children.

Seeing their father coming back, the two children probably thought they could still struggle... Unfortunately, their mother held each of their collars with one hand, not giving Nuannuan and Yangyang a chance to struggle:

"I'll take them to bed."

"Okay."

Xu Xin raised the file bag in his hand:

"I'll be busy with the movie for a while."

Yang Mi paused...

"Go to the audio-visual room?"

"Computer is fine, what?"

Xu Xin, who was still a little confused, didn't react for a while.

But Yang Mi pouted:

"Feixian'er is in the audio-visual room."

"Oh, then I'll go to the study."

What he meant was to avoid suspicion.

Although they were not alone, no matter how good the relationship between friends was, they must have a sense of propriety.

But Yang Mi shook her head after hearing this:

"No... She has been in there all night."

"......?"

Xu Xin was really stunned this time:

"What's wrong?"

"Well... How can I tell you?"

Grabbing the two children, Yang Mi lowered her voice a little and said:

"Didn't she go to the crew today? After watching for a whole day... She felt a little depressed when she came back."

Xu Xin still didn't understand:

"Why is she depressed?"

"... Ask her."

Hearing this, Xu Xin said with a smile:

"Why don't you ask?"

"Because I guess she is depressed because of me."

"Uh..."

"Go and see, she should be willing to tell you."

"?"

Give his wife a rather strange look.

But Xu Xin still nodded:

"Okay. Then help me take this to the study..."

"You have to find an excuse to intervene?"

"...Okay."

"Well, remember to turn on the exhaust fan when you smoke."

"Got it."

"Good night, Dad~"

"Yeah, good night, baby."

After seeing off the "family of three", Xu Xin glanced in the direction of the audio-visual room and scratched his head speechlessly.

But he still walked to the door.

Originally he wanted to knock on the door, but after careful consideration, he simply pushed the door open.

Then he paused, with a look of surprise on his face, glanced at Fei Xian'er who turned his head, and then glanced at "The Grandmaster" on the screen...

"What are you doing here?"

"Uh..."

Liu Yifei subconsciously paused the playback, looked at him and asked:

"You're back?"

Xu Xin thought, isn't this nonsense?

But she nodded:

"Well, I thought no one was here... Then what are you busy with?"

Liu Yifei looked at the file bag in his hand and shook her head:

"I'm not busy, I'm free. Do you still have to work?"

"Yes, look at the photographer's style."

"Then you watch it. I have nothing to do, so I just watch it for fun."

As she spoke, she simply quit the playback and stood up to leave.

Xu Xin naturally couldn't let her go, after all, he still had a mission.

So he naturally made an invitation:

"Let's watch it together? The heroine."

"Well, okay."

Seeing that she agreed, Xu Xin went straight into the house and put the USB flash drive in his hand on the computer.

While saying:

"Why are you watching "The Grandmaster" for no reason?"

"..."

Liu Yifei pursed her lips slightly, and she looked like she was connected to a line.

Then, just as she was about to answer, she noticed a gaze.

Xu Xin was looking at her.

When the two of them looked at each other, he showed a puzzled look:

"Why do I feel that you are weird? Is there something wrong?"

This question was like a needle, gently poking a small hole in the smooth skin.

The gas inside finally "leaked".

After locking himself in the audio-visual room and watching "The Grandmaster" for half a time, Fei Xianer finally asked a question:

"What do you think of Mimi's acting skills?"

Xu Xin's heart moved.

He thought that it seemed that his wife's guess was not wrong.

This was in the crew... Seeing Yang Mi acting, was she stimulated?

So he studied "The Grandmaster" that made his wife win the title of the queen?

After thinking about it, he simply did not open the audio-visual file given by Paramount, but reopened the player and clicked on "The Grandmaster".

Then he said:

"Have you studied this movie?"

He did not answer directly.

At this moment, the small audio-visual room seemed to have become a classroom.

On the side of the podium, Teacher Xu, who was about to play the PPT, asked the female students sitting in the first row.

Hearing this, Fei Xian'er was instantly amused:

"Haha, what's the matter? Teacher Xu, are you going to play a movie for me?"

"Um..."

Having taught for two semesters, Xu Xin, who stood on the podium with a sense of elegance, smiled and shrugged:

"Why? No? I am a doctoral student at Beijing Film Academy and an undergraduate teaching assistant. I am more than qualified to take you, an undergraduate who went to school purely for a diploma, got in through connections, graduated after two years, and has a mess of professional courses, right?"

"..."

Sister Shenxian's face immediately turned green.

You bastard, you don't speak human language, right?

Although what you said is true...

Or let's not talk about him, netizens on the Internet also have a lot of complaints about her experience.

A girl who was only 10 years old in 1997 suddenly changed and went to Beijing Film Academy as a high school graduate 5 years later...

At the critical moment when her negative information was flying all over the place, this matter was criticized a lot.

Actually, it can't be considered as criticism, after all... this matter itself is a mess.

Liu Yifei also knows it.

After all, Mimi is one year older than her and didn't go to college until 2006. And she had already completed 4 years of undergraduate studies and graduated in 2006.

It is impossible that there were no twists and turns in these blank "four years".

But she is not empty.

No matter what...

"My graduation thesis defense "On the Creativity of Filmmakers" was the highest score in the class!"

Hearing this, Xu Xin shrugged casually:

"Oh, what a coincidence, I was already the designer of the Yanjing Olympic Torch when I just went to college. Is your thesis manuscript also treasured in the Olympic History Museum?"

"I..."

Sister Fairy's blood pressure is gradually getting a little uncontrollable.

Are you poking my lungs?

Then I saw Xu Xin grinning, revealing a mouthful of white teeth:

"Hehe, so, classmate Liu. The teacher is teaching you, you just sit still and listen attentively, understand?"

"Ah, right, right! I don't bother to pay attention to you! Humph!"

Although she said it arrogantly, she really didn't move her butt.

She just crossed her arms angrily and said:

"What do you want to say?"

"Tell something that undergraduates can understand. It's too profound and I'm afraid undergraduates won't understand."

"... Speak properly and don't curse!"

"Hahaha~"

Xu Xin laughed heartily and then lit a cigarette.

And turned up the light in front of the screen.

"Whose good teacher smokes in class?"

"I don't smoke cigarettes, I smoke loneliness."

"Ah~~~~~"

Sister Fairy looked disgusted:

"It's an old joke, isn't it?"

"Shut up and listen to the class!"

Giving her a cold look, Xu Xin directly froze the scene of "The Grandmaster" at the 20th minute and 55th second.

In the picture, Yang Mi's face without makeup locked Liu Yifei's eyes.

She also showed some doubts.

Then, she heard Xu Xin ask a question:

"What do you think acting is?"

I could have made 12,000 today, but... I caught a cold again.

I don't know what happened, this cold has been bothering me for more than a month.

I had gotten better a few days ago, but from the 3rd, I started to have respiratory tract infection + runny nose + headache caused by blowing my nose... I'm really convinced!